Add months of vibrant color to your garden with Hemerocallis 'Strawberry Candy', one of the most popular reblooming daylilies available. This award-winning perennial produces large, fragrant blossoms featuring rich strawberry pink petals, a deep rose eye, creamy yellow throat, and delicately ruffled edges. Blooming from early summer with repeat flushes throughout the season, this reliable performer brings continuous beauty to borders, cottage gardens, and landscape beds.

Its compact clumping habit, exceptional flower production, and easy-care nature make Strawberry Candy an excellent choice for gardeners of every experience level. Deer resistant, drought tolerant once established, and highly attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds, this daylily provides outstanding landscape value year after year.

Available as a Fall 2026 Pre-Order, plants ship as fresh bareroot divisions or potted plants (depending on your selection) at the ideal planting time.

Key Features

• Award-winning reblooming daylily
• Large fragrant strawberry pink flowers
• Deep rose eye with golden yellow throat
• Multiple bloom cycles throughout summer
• Easy-care perennial
• Excellent pollinator plant
• Deer resistant
• Drought tolerant once established
• Ideal for borders and mass plantings
• Long-lived garden perennial

Plant Details

Botanical Name: Hemerocallis 'Strawberry Candy'

Common Name: Strawberry Candy Daylily

Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial

Foliage Color: Green

Flower Color: Strawberry Pink with Rose Eye and Golden Yellow Throat

Bloom Season: Early Summer through Late Summer (Reblooming)

Mature Height: 18–24 Inches

Spread: 18–24 Inches

Growth Habit: Upright, Clump-Forming

Light Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Water Needs: Moderate

Soil Requirements: Average, Well-Drained Soil

Hardiness Zones: USDA 3–9

Characteristics: Reblooming, Fragrant, Deer Resistant, Pollinator Friendly, Low Maintenance, Drought Tolerant Once Established

Garden Uses

Perfect for:

• Perennial borders
• Cottage gardens
• Pollinator gardens
• Mixed flower beds
• Foundation plantings
• Walkways
• Mass plantings
• Containers
• Cut flower gardens
• Landscape accents

Planting Partners

Pairs beautifully with:

• Echinacea
• Salvia
• Coreopsis
• Shasta Daisy
• Veronica
• Nepeta (Catmint)
• Russian Sage
• Agastache
• Lavender
• Ornamental Grasses

Care Tips

• Plant in full sun for the best flowering performance.
• Grows best in fertile, well-drained soil.
• Water regularly during establishment.
• Remove spent flowers to encourage additional blooms.
• Cut flower stalks after blooming.
• Divide every 3–5 years to maintain vigorous flowering.
• Apply mulch to help retain soil moisture.