So Lovely Daylily

$14.99 each, 3 for $39.99

4.84 out of 5 based on 38 customer ratings
(38 customer reviews)

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5 1/2″ bloom, 30″ tall, Mid-Late Season, Semi-Evergreen

 

‘So Lovely’ is one of the most fragrant daylilies we’ve grown. A consistent presence on our Best Sellers list, this near white beauty may look delicate in the garden, but it is a true workhorse: excellent performance, outstanding hardiness, delicious scent and fantastic rebloom have made it a favorite of customers across the country.

Another cool fact about So Lovely is its tendency to proliferate. It will sprout exact genetic clones that can be cultivated, planted and grown in your home garden. A beautiful (and fun!) way to increase your daylily stock.

Click here to see all our Fragrant daylilies or here to visit our YouTube channel to watch our video on proliferating daylilies

 


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So Lovely Daylily Features:

‘So Lovely’ is one of the most fragrant daylilies we’ve grown. A consistent presence on our Best Sellers list, this near white beauty may look delicate in the garden, but it is a true workhorse: excellent performance, outstanding hardiness, delicious scent and fantastic rebloom have made it a favorite of customers across the country.

Another cool fact about So Lovely is its tendency to proliferate. It will sprout exact genetic clones that can be cultivated, planted and grown in your home garden. A beautiful (and fun!) way to increase your daylily stock.

Large, 5 1/2″ blooms grow tall on scapes around 30″ here in our East Tennessee garden. A good mid-season bloomer, we typically begin to see the first blooms of So Lovely around the middle of June. If you are to our north, you’ll likely see it a few weeks later than we do. If you are to our south, you’ll see it a bit earlier than us.

A semi-evergreen variety, So Lovely can be grown in gardens across the U.S.

From a distance, So Lovely appears near white. Up close, it can show a bit more yellow. For this reason, it can be paired with any color and still look sparkling and gorgeous!

Click here to see all our Fragrant daylilies or here to visit our YouTube channel to watch our video on proliferating daylilies.


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Zone Range

3 to 9

HOW TO GROW DAYLILIES: Daylilies are very easy-to-grow. They like a lot of sun and they like a lot of water. For more information on how to care for daylilies, click here.
WHAT DAYLILIES CAN I GROW: Most of you can grow any of the daylilies we sell. If you live in an area with a sustained cold period like we do in East Tennessee, you can grow all the varieties. However, If you live in an area that doesn’t get freezing weather in the winter (like zones 9 and 10), dormant varieties won’t work for you; you’ll need to choose evergreen or semi-evergreen varieties.

BIG PLANTS! When it comes to daylily plants, bigger is better! All of the plants we ship will be three fans or larger — two or three times (or more) what you might receive from other companies. Larger plants get established faster and bloom more quickly!

FARM-FRESH TO YOU! All of your plants will be freshly dug when you order. The leaves are trimmed and the plants are washed and air-dried. Your daylilies will be out of the ground less than 48 hours before they’re headed your way.

BONUS DAYLILIES: We send free daylilies (we call them “bonus” daylilies) with every order. These daylilies are equal to about 20% of your order and are the same huge, healthy plants we sell. Just leave the decision up to us and we’ll pick something you’re sure to love!

ABOUT US: Oakes Daylilies is a family-owned daylily farm that’s been in business for three generations. Our daylilies grow in home gardens, city parks and botanical gardens across the nation– including Hawaii and Canada. We are known in the industry as Daylily Experts and grow over 1000 varieties of daylilies on nearly 70 acres in East Tennessee. But over 50 years ago, we started just like you—with one daylily in a home garden.

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  1. no blooms

    Missy Soule (verified owner)

    This daylily had no blooms this year (third year) and only a couple last year.

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  2. She’s Amazing!

    jetz7129 (verified owner)

    This newly planted So Lovely daylily is already blooming! I’ve been growing So Lovely in my North Texas garden since March 2021. She starts off small but by year two she is a very healthy plant with big leaves and lots of blooms. The most outstanding thing about this daylily is that she reliably proliferates for me! It’s so exciting!! I now have five of her babies growing around my garden. I am so amazed by this daylily!

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  3. One person found this helpful

    Lovely So Lovely

    mrior12345 (verified owner)

    So Lovely has been an outstanding performer in my Wisconsin garden this summer. It started blooming in late July, and I’m still getting blooms. The bonus to So Lovely is it’s self-propagating plants on the scapes; I’ve now rooted ten of those for the future: a great way to get my grandchildren interested in gardening. Highly recommended!

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  4. One person found this helpful

    So Lovely is so lovely!!!!

    lazzins (verified owner)

    These huge blooms stand straight up as high as 3 feet above 2 feet high foliage. Once it starts blooming it seems to never stop. I live in PA in zone 6b. It’s the end of September and this plant is still going strong.

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  5. One person found this helpful

    So Lovely lives up to its name!

    Cynthia (verified owner)

    I bought these in Oct 2021 so this is my first season of blooms. It is by far one of the best daylillies I have ever purchased! The blooms are nearly constant! I have been nothing short of amazed with this daylilly!

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  6. 2 out of 2 people found this helpful

    This is a BOGO

    Jan (verified owner)

    This beautiful plant has paid for itself, because it grew a proliferation last year, which I kept alive over the winter, and now is growing in my garden. Also the parent plant bloomed up until August 25th of this year, the last flower in the garden. Jan zone 7

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  7. 3 out of 3 people found this helpful

    Great late season blooms!

    Tim Clark

    So Lovely was an early purchase in my daylily addiction, and I can’t say enough good things about it! It is such a great late season bloomer here in southern Ohio, and it grows so well you’ll have to divide it frequently. I know I’ve given away tons of divisions and also many, many new plants I’ve started from the prolific proliferations too!

    I have many So Lovely plants in various places in my yard. It’s fantastic planted with Orange Vols or Chicago Apache. It’s late August now, and it’s still cranking out blooms on rebloom scapes!

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  8. 2 out of 2 people found this helpful

    Lovely for sure

    Debra Winch (verified owner)

    So lovely is a lemony yellow.

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  9. 3 out of 3 people found this helpful

    Belongs in Every Garden

    Pixie Senesac

    Lovely for sure. Flowers are almost white, with a slight blush of yellow. Starts blooming and doesn’t stop. And it’s tough, performing happily after a long, below-zero cold winter. A must have in upstate New York!

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  10. 3 out of 4 people found this helpful

    Hints of Yellow

    Janet (verified owner)

    A soft pastel yellow that shows more white from a distance. I have it planted with some white daylilies, so it does look more yellow in my garden. A hardy plant with lots of blooms in my garden.

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  11. 6 out of 7 people found this helpful

    Lovely is an Understatement!

    Barbara Kelberlau (verified owner)

    I’ll be honest, I bought this daylily because it was one of the more inexpensive. I have a lot of daylilies, super frilly ones, extravagantly marked ones, unusual forms, but I think So Lovely is my favorite! So many good things. Beautiful soft color on a sturdy flower, long stems held well above the foliage, strong growth, long bloom season. I love it and the plant has rewarded my open admiration with a little plant growing on the flower stem! So I get more!!

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  12. 5 out of 6 people found this helpful

    SO LOVELY

    Debby Hood (verified owner)

    CREAMY PALE YELLOW, PRETTIER THAN THE PHOTO

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  13. 6 out of 7 people found this helpful

    So more than lovely

    [email protected] (verified owner)

    What is your hardiness zone? Zone 6

    I planted her last fall in my Zone 6a/ SW Pa garden. She just started blooming and is quite the sight: strong stems, big flowers of the most pleasing yellow, near white. Although it is her first year, she seems very vigorous with this hot and humid summer here. A real trooper which really lightens up the flower bed. Looks fantastic against the green of the arborvitae. I’d be happy with a bed of just her and can’t beat the price!! Thanks Oakes!!! Truly a winner!!!

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  14. 2 out of 3 people found this helpful

    Priscilla

    I just love this color. This s a favorite. Lots of buds last summer. Planted in 2014

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  15. 4 out of 5 people found this helpful

    Meg Fox (verified owner)

    I received So Lovely as a free plant along with my spring order. The name says it all! It’s a beautiful plant with the creamy yellow blooms held high above the foliage. It started blooming in July and it is still blooming in mid September. It takes the heat and humidity and has put out three proliferations that rooted quickly in a glass of water, so I now have four plants! Plant So Lovely in a prominent location so you can appreciate its beauty for the many months it blooms.

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  16. 1 out of 2 people found this helpful

    Theodore, AL

    I brought this plant a couple of years ago. It performed ok for the first year but this year it has been magnificent. It began blooming late June and still is blooming. It looks exactly like the picture on display. The only thing different this year in Mobile Al was that we had a colder winter Also I spreads pot ash on the flower beds.

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  17. 3 out of 4 people found this helpful

    Cypress, TX

    Perfect name. This tough plant produces lots of blooms even on first year’s growth. It stands up very well to heat, humidity and even rain (what little we got). It bloomed for six weeks. The photos do not allow for the glow the blooms have. Dazzles

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  18. 3 out of 4 people found this helpful

    Birmingham, AL

    Gorgeous -Tall – Fragrant – Abundant blooms! Mine start blooming in late June and continue for months! Another thing about this one is that it forms proliferations on the stems. I have rooted many new plants from the proliferations and most of them bloom the first year, and even produce more proliferations the first year. My favorite pastel daylily!

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  19. 5 out of 6 people found this helpful

    los banos, CA

    I planted ” So Lovely” several years ago. It took awhile to establish itself, mainly because I neglected it except for watering it I really didn’t fertilize the plant. So last year, I gave it a little TLC and now I’m rewarded with three vigorous plants with lots of scapes. It hasn’t bloomed as of yet, but it will, and when it does, it will be glorious! The blossoms are nearly white, with a touch of cream or a very light yellow. Still, nearly white from a distance. I don’t know about that fragrance, then again I never took a sniff. You can bet this year I will. I like the fact that it blooms late, around July in California’s hot central valley and that its blooms are held high above the foliage. A really pretty daylily.

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  20. 1 out of 2 people found this helpful

    Grantham, NH

    I live on the edge of zone 4/5 and planted last fall. Some beautiful blooms this spring. Very eye-catching.

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  21. 2 out of 3 people found this helpful

    dallas, TX

    I know you’re not supposed to have a favorite child, but I just can’t help it!!!

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  22. 2 out of 3 people found this helpful

    Glen Burnie, MD

    It’s August, and my 3-year old plant has been blooming since early July!! The blooms are a beautiful shape, large without being huge, and a pale yellow-green, they really stand out in an area near some evergreens. Even the leaves are so lovely on this excellent daylily. I like it so much that although I usually order new varieties when I order, I’m going to order 2 more this fall to place in a new perennial bed with coneflowers and sedum and coreopsis.

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  23. 3 out of 4 people found this helpful

    Cleveland, MS

    This plant is a charmer!! She positively gleams in the garden, and blooms from June through August in zone 8b. ‘So Lovely’ is a perfect choice for high-dappled shade beneath the oaks.

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  24. 2 out of 3 people found this helpful

    Galva, IL

    Very nice flower that looks nice with bright colors or dark green foliage. Holds well when picked and just layed on a table for the fragrance.

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  25. 1 out of 3 people found this helpful

    Woodruff, SC

    A late bloomer for us. Does not appear to repeat, at least here. But the color is pleasant, and there are a large amount of blooms.

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  26. 3 out of 4 people found this helpful

    Goodlettsville, TN

    Purchased this excellent daylily last spring; and, as usual, Oakes provided several fans. Therefore, got several blooms the first season. The pictures don’t do this beauty justice; it is actually hard to capture just how pretty the bloom is. Perhaps not as white as you might think, it has become one of our favorites. Really stands out.

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  27. 2 out of 3 people found this helpful

    West Babylon, NY

    Yes, she is! It was her first year here and although she didn’t reach full height, she gave me many lovely fragrant blossoms! So Lovely shines, and brightens even the most overcast day! Thinking about next season’s rebirth almost makes the cold winter bearable.

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  28. 4 out of 5 people found this helpful

    Colorado Springs, CO

    It is mid-September and SO LOVELY is ‘still’ blooming. Easily my best performer and so lovely to boot. My wife and I love this daylily.

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  29. 2 out of 3 people found this helpful

    Lexington, KY

    I’ve ordered a dozen or so different varieties from Oakes, and this is by far my favorite. They have been blooming for weeks, and still have lots of buds still waiting to bloom. The color is a clear, light yellow that just glows, and the blooms are huge. Even my husband, who couldn’t care less about flowers, noted how pretty these are. They are strong, tall, and really beautiful. At this price, you just can’t beat them.

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  30. 3 out of 4 people found this helpful

    Scotland, CT

    Each year I begin a daylily garden in a new color, two years ago I chose all near-whites. I was really impressed with So Lovely because it not only bloomed well the first year, but it re-bloomed, and this year, I had blooms through October. On top of all that, it was not expensive!!

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  31. 2 out of 3 people found this helpful

    Canterbury, CT

    This was a freebie, and WOW!! She is huge and a gorgeous pale yellow, and smells fantastic. You can see her from quite a distance. And if that ain’t enough, she bloomed soon after I planted, and then REBLOOMED and she isn’t suppose to rebloom. Now here’s the kicker she puts off proliferations which are more plants, wow!! And look at that price, can’t beat this one!

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  32. 1 out of 2 people found this helpful

    Salem, IN

    My friend picked this up when she attended your show in June. It is already blooming and I really love it.

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  33. 1 out of 2 people found this helpful

    Libertyville, IL

    First bloom this morning (planted this summer) and it is gorgeous! Perfect color and size!

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  34. 1 out of 2 people found this helpful

    Owensboro, KY

    So Lovely says it all. A true beauty with a wonderful aroma.

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  35. 2 out of 3 people found this helpful

    Missoula, MT

    Planted last summer and produced several blooms. In a south facing semi-protected bed. Great fragrance, a must have flower.

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  36. 1 out of 2 people found this helpful

    Fort Worth, TX

    This is my first year to use daylilies in my garden period! I just want you guys to know how impressed I am with So Lovely. I am reviewing this kind of early, as it is only 2 weeks old in the ground, but I can tell this daylily is going to be a show stopper! It is about to bloom already! I was impressed by how big the plant was, and loved the

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  37. 1 out of 2 people found this helpful

    Knoxville, TN

    This is my first year planting So Lovely and the blooms were spectacular. I was amazed at the wonderful fragrance. I highly recommend them in any garden.

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  38. 1 out of 2 people found this helpful

    Rice, MN

    This is one of the best lilies I have. It blooms late in the summer here and it’s color absolutely revitalizes the garden scene. It’s soft fragrance is noticeable from a distance. Mine has been divided and moved many times and it always comes back strong.

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  39. 2 out of 3 people found this helpful

    Richmond, VA

    I have close to 200 varieties in my garden, but I couldn’t live without this one, one of the first I bought, one I have divided and given to lots of friends, one I have divided and placed at different spots around my garden. The lovely lemon-chiffon color, the fragrance, and the late bloom time all combine to make this one of my all-time favorites.

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