You can request a specific date:
You can request a specific date in the Order Notes box during checkout, and we will ship your plants as close to the time you request as possible.
We ship February — October.
Or we will send at the proper time for planting:
Winter and Early Spring Orders:
We will send at the appropriate time for Spring planting in your area. See the chart below for approximate starting shipping dates by zone.
Late Spring and Summer Orders :
After shipping has started to your area, we will send as soon as possible, normally within one to two weeks.
PLEASE NOTE – We will do our best to ship as quickly as possible, but the plants are growing in the ground, not sitting on a shelf, so it takes some time to get them dug and ready to ship.
Fall Orders:
We will send as soon as possible, up until it is too late to plant in your area. Orders placed after that time will ship the following spring. See the chart below for last shipping date by zone.
Approximate Dates We Start Shipping by USDA Hardiness Zone:
- Zones 9-10: Mid-late February
- Zone 8: Early-mid March
- Zone 7: Mid-late March
- Zone 6: Late March – early April
- Zone 5: Early-late April
- Zones 2-4: Late April – early May
Approximate Dates We Stop Shipping by USDA Hardiness Zone:
- Zones 2-4: Mid-September
- Zone 5: Mid-late September
- Zone 6: Late September
- Zone 7: Early October
- Zone 8: Mid October
- Zones 9-10: Late October
dlesch (verified owner) –
I am becoming more and more a fan of the doubles but I was a little leery of the color combination on Spotted Fever. Planted it the first week of April 2021 and had a bloom on 1 June 2021. That’s right sports fans a bloom two months after planting and the bloom was not puny, it was huge for a double. The multicolor shades and ruffles in the bloom will stop you in your tracks. The only negative I have is the name, rename it PLEASE. Who names a flower this gorgeous Spotted Fever, anyway.
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Kay (verified owner) –
I received this product too late in summer 2016 for bloom. Plant is very robust, this year it has lots of fans and flower spikes, The first bloom opened today 6/6/2017. The flower looks exactly as its picture and plant size is spot on, Was too early this morning to discern fragrance. If that is present, we will take the rating up a star! I live in Hartford KY, and this is the second of my daylilies to begin bloom – after Stella d’oro. This one is very pretty. Love all my Oakes Daylilies
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Croswell, MI –
I received Spotted Fever in 2012. I had enough fans to plant in 3 different areas. They all bloomed and I was so happy . They were more tan than mauve, but maybe this summer they will be mature and have more pink color. Nice size blooms and they bloomed for about 2 weeks. I have been getting enough nerve to spend the money on just one daylily, but I am happy I did.
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Huntley, IL –
I live about 45 minutes from the Wisconsin border, and have to say I was a little leery about spending so much for a daylily. I purchased in March of 2009 and was a little disappointed as it only had one bloom. However, this year (2010), it’s fantastic. I even separated it last fall and put it around the garden to see where it would do best. It’s doing great everywhere. Today is June 28, I have two blooms in full sun with loads of buds and in the other areas of the garden that don’t get full sun, there are plants with loads of buds. Am extremely happy. It looks exactly like the photo, maybe even a little better.
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