Cherry Red

Cherry Red

Daylily Red Hot Returns

Finally -- A Red, Reblooming Daylily!

Everyone loves a daylily. As one of the best performers in the perennial garden, daylilies are known for being hardy, carefree and profuse bloomers. Daylilies are available in a wide range of colors that can brighten any landscape. New daylilies are always being introduced, but many of the new and old daylilies bloom only once a season. There are a handful of new daylilies that are repeat bloomers, allowing you to enjoy their beauty from late spring until well into autumn. 'Red Hot Returns,' the first full size repeat-blooming red daylily that is hardy in the north, was introduced in 2005. This is one of the newest creations of master breeder Dr. Darrel Apps, who is also know for other popular repeat-blooming daylilies including 'Rosy Returns,' 'Happy Returns' and 'Big Time Happy.'

Red Hot Returns -- New and Hard to Find

Red Hot Returns has cherry red blooms with a lemon throat and grass green tonsils. Blooms are large, reaching up to 5 inches across and will repeat in cycles from late spring until the first hard frost. The foliage is deep green with a moderate rate of clump development. Red Hot Returns will reach 24 inches tall, perfect for mid-border planting or for massing in front of shrubbery.

Planting and Care

'Red Hot Returns' is easy to grow and care for - returning year after year to brighten your garden.

• For best results plant at any time from early spring to late fall.
• Performs best in full sun, but will tolerate partial shade.
• Plant 24 inches apart in any normally fertile soil.
• Divide every three to four years for the best blooms.
• Fertilize in early spring and late fall with Flower-Tone and Kelp Meal.
• Hardy in zones 4-9.

Click here to view Red Hot Returns on the Carroll Gardens website.
About the Author

Alan Summers, president of Carroll Gardens, Inc., has over 30 years experience in gardening and landscape design. He has made Carroll Gardens one of America's preeminent nurseries, having introduced more than 20 new perennials and woody shrubs over the years and reintroduced numerous "lost" cultivars back to American gardeners.

Carroll Gardens publishes a weekly online newsletter written by Alan. It contains valuable gardening advice and tips and answers to customer questions. Click here to sign up for the Carroll Gardens weekly enewsletter.

Every Saturday, Alan hosts a call-in gardening forum on WCBM radio - 680 AM. For those outside of the WCBM listening area, they can listen to radio show via the internet.

Visit CarrollGardens.com to learn more.

Will my cherry barbs eat red cherry shrimp?

I plan on getting some red cherry shrimp for my tank. But will my cherry barbs eat them? I have read that some barbs will eat or harass these shrimp.

i buy ghost shrimp (as feeders) every month or so and i have nine tiger barbs and one will pick one up in its mouth then the rest of the group will come and rip it apart giving everyone some shrimp

CHERRY RED