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Strawberry Candy

Hemerocallis 'Strawberry Candy'

Strawberry Candy blooms from June through August.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
Jun–Aug
not yet checked
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
checked
Sun
Full sun
checked
Water
Moderate water
not yet checked
Mature size
24 in × 20 in
checked
Type
Perennial
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Strawberry Candy

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–9. Expect it to reach about 24 in tall and 20 in wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (not yet checked).

Verification
What was checked

Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant. The bloom months and water need on this page were not, and each fact above says which. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.

See the 5 sources it was checked against

When to plant Strawberry Candy

Plant Strawberry Candy in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 3 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from June to August.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Strawberry Candy get?

Illustration of Strawberry Candy drawn to scale beside an adult24 intall5 ft 7 inan adult20 inwide
About 24 in tall and 20 in wide at maturity: knee-high beside an adult.

See Strawberry Candy in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Strawberry Candy

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Strawberry Candy about 20 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
20 in apart
Per 10 sq ft
about 4
4 by 8 ft bed
about 8

Add Strawberry Candy to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

Where these facts come from

Strawberry Candy's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun and trait tags were checked against 5 published sources on July 29, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.

How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.

Good to know about Strawberry Candy

Curated from university extensions, botanic gardens and other primary sources, with the source named on every note.

Safety

Highly toxic to cats: any part, even the pollen, can cause fatal acute kidney failure, the same effect true lilies have. Not toxic to dogs. per ASPCA and NC State

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One of 16 in the Daylilies group. Same genus, similar care.

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