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If you want a showstopper in your garden ‘Ruby Spider’ daylily is it! Enormous dark red petals with a luminous yellow throat and 9 inch wide flowers are sure to make everyone stop and stare at it! The petals are wide and open beckoning you with that “come hither” look.
‘Ruby Spider’ is a tall daylily, best suited for the back of the border where she can best be seen in her glory. Besides being gorgeous, it is a workhorse in the garden, attracting pollinators such as bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. They are fairly disease resistant as well as resistant to rabbits nibbling on them. Beginning in early summer you are treated to beautiful flowers in the garden.
Ruby Spider Daylily Care
Daylilies (Hemerocallis sp.) are not picky about soil. They will grow in fertile, average or poor soil and the soil can be acidic, neutral or alkaline. They do bloom best in 6 hours or more of sunshine but will tolerate up to 4 hours of shade. ‘Ruby Spider’ is hardy from Zone 3a – Zone 9b. Fertilize once a month with an all-purpose fertilizer.
Ruby Spider Daylily Spacing
‘Ruby Spider is an all-purpose plant. It can be used as a border or mass planting to show off her glory, in a large container as a focal point or in the perennial garden as the queen of the bed. You cannot go wrong with ‘Ruby Spider’!
Compare Rainbow Rhythm® Daylilies
Compare flower color, mature size, bloom habit, and the traits that distinguish each Rainbow Rhythm® Daylily.
| Variety | Flowers | Mature Size | Bloom Notes | Why Choose It |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden yellow with burgundy-red eye and edge | 32" H × 18–24" W | Rebloomer | Wide burgundy picotee edge on 6" flowers | |
| Raspberry red with rosy eye and pale edge | 28" H × 18–24" W | Rebloomer | Large 6" red flowers with layered color | |
| Coral pink with cranberry-red eye | 26" H × 18–24" W | Excellent rebloom | Coral petals with cranberry eye and edged margins | |
| Lemon yellow | 19–22" H × 18–24" W | Long rebloom season | Compact yellow selection with repeated bloom | |
| Butter yellow, peach and apricot with burgundy eye | 38" H × 18–24" W | Rebloomer | Tallest Rainbow Rhythm® selection | |
| Apricot orange with orange-red eye and edge | 24" H × 18–24" W | Mid summer | Oversized 7" flowers with layered edging | |
| Dark purple with chartreuse throat | 26" H × 18–24" W | Mid summer | Darkest purple flower color | |
| Mango orange with soft rose band | 24" H × 18–24" W | Rebloomer | Soft mango-orange summer color | |
| Deep ruby-purple with yellow-green throat | 30" H × 18–24" W | Summer | Massive flowers approaching 8" across | |
| Tangerine orange | 34" H × 18–24" W | Mid summer | Twisted, ruffled spider-form petals | |
| Ruby red with golden-yellow throat | 34" H × 18–24" W | Early summer | Largest flowers at up to 9" across | |
| Peach-coral, fully double | 18" H × 18–24" W | Rebloomer | Shortest selection with fully double flowers | |
| Pastel pink with wine-purple eye and edge | 28" H × 18–24" W | Rebloomer | Soft pink petals with a broad purple eye | |
| Pale yellow with wine-purple eye and edge | 34" H × 18–24" W | Rebloomer | Tall yellow-and-purple bicolor | |
| Mauve with eggplant-purple eye and edge | 24" H × 18–24" W | Rebloomer | Distinct mauve-and-purple flower pattern | |
| Golden yellow with raspberry-red eye | 32" H × 18–24" W | Mid summer | Large triangular flowers with twisting sepals |
Rainbow Rhythm® Ruby Spider Daylily Plant Facts
Growing Conditions
- Hardiness ZonesGrowing Zones
- USDA Zones 3 to 9 (perennial); grown as an annual elsewhere (outdoors year-round); grown indoors elsewhere (outdoors year-round); grown in containers elsewhere (grown as a seasonal crop)
- Sun Exposure
- Part Sun to Full Sun (5+ Hours Direct Sun)
- Mature Height
- 34 Inches
- Mature Spread
- 1.5-2 Feet
- Growth Rate
- Fast
- Growth Habit
- , Mounded
- Water Needs
- Average
Flowers & Foliage
- Flower Colors
- , Red
- Flower Description
- Ruby red with yellow throat
- Bloom Time
- Summer
- Foliage Color
- , Green
- Foliage Description
- Green
- Foliage Type
- , Herbaceous
- Seasonal Interest
- , Summer Flowering, Fall Flowering
Garden Benefits
Plant Overview
- Common Name
- Rainbow Rhythm® Ruby Spider Daylily
- Also Known As
- Day Lily
- Botanical Name
- Rainbow Rhythm 'Ruby Spider' Hemerocallis hybrid
- Brand
- Proven Winners
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Please Note: The pictures below are to give a general representation of the different container sizes. The actual size/ages of plants are estimates and will vary based on type of plant, time of year, last pruning & many other factors.
Also Known As:
Quart
Plant Age:
~ 6 months - 1 year
Plant Size:
~ 4"-8"
Pot Size:
~ 4.75"H x 4.5"W
Volume:
1.50 quarts
Also Known As:
2.5 Quart Pot
Plant Age:
~ 1 - 2 years old
Plant Size:
~ 8"-12"
Pot Size:
~ 6.5"H x 6.5"W
Volume:
2.20-2.30 quarts
Also Known As:
#1 Container
1 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 1 - 2 years old
Plant Size:
~ 10"-14"
Pot Size:
~ 7"H x 7.75"W
Volume:
2.26-3.73 quarts
Also Known As:
#2 Container
2 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 1.5 - 3 years old
Plant Size:
~ 12"-18"
Pot Size:
~ 9.5"H x 9.5"W
Volume:
1.19-1.76 gallons
Also Known As:
#3 Container
3 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 2 - 4 years old
Plant Size:
~ 12"-30"
Pot Size:
~9.5"H x 11"W
Volume:
2.32-2.76 gallons
Also Known As:
#5 Container
5 Gallon
Plant Age:
~3-4 years old
Plant Size:
~ 20" - 60"
Pot Size:
~11" H x 10 1/2” W
Volume:
3.5 - 4 gallons
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