Daylily 'Little Business'

On Sep 28, 2016, Cen from Hughesville, MD wrote:

The color fades to a light red or dark pink through the day. Longish bloom period but no re-bloom.

On Nov 24, 2010, atisch from Alameda, CA (Zone 9b) wrote:

This dwarf red daylily had a lot of adversity to overcome to make a good impression, but it did just that. I included it as an afterthought in an order from Springhill Nursery. I needed a couple of small perennial fillers to complete an order. 'Little Business' was one of a few dwarf daylillies that was currently on sale. The size and color were what I desired, but I didn't pay much attention to the incredible photo they had of it as many of their photos are often not beliveable.

The root division I received on 4/18/10 was barely viable with no green stalk at all. I figured that I wouldn't see it flower until the following year. I planted it in a one gallon pot and stuck it aside with the other daylilies I had bought. The first surprise was about a week later when a strong g... read morereen shoot pushed-up out of the pot. Within a month it was large enough to plant in the garden where it continued to grow strong. The second surprise was about one month later when it started to grow a flower spike, the first of my new daylillies to do so. I expected that perhaps in about 3 weeks I might see the first flower. This was the third surprise. Instead of taking weeks to grow a stalk and then flowering, it opened it's first flower about ten days later on a stalk just about four inches off the ground. The fourth and last surprise was the flower itself. It was a very intense raspberry red with a very full round shape (it is included in the pictures here). I would say that it was in fact as good as the picture in the catalog.

The plant continued to grow and flower well all summer. Subsequent stalks grew longer as they should. Virtually every flower was a good shape, color and size relative to the very compact plant. I would say that overall it performed as well as 'Stella De Oro' which I planted about the same time. 'Stella' started blooming later but bloomed well into the fall.

I'm eagerly awaiting it's performance next year. I hope to update this review at that time.

On May 20, 2008, KaylyRed from Watertown, WI (Zone 5a) wrote:

It's my second year with 'Little Business' and it's thriving! Its first year in my garden it produced one flower--a gorgeous flower, but still just one. It's mid-May and this year I've already counted numerous buds and I'm just waiting for the flower show to start. The foliage has also tripled or maybe even quadrupled in size over last year--very vigorous! I'm most happy with this little plant!

On Jun 29, 2003, MizD from Lufkin, TX wrote:

An excellent choice. I grow this in East Texas in regular garden soil, mixed with a little mushroom compost and mulched with cypress mulch. The bed is in full sun and receives a lot of reflected heat (up to 110 degrees) from a concrete sidewalk. An excellent choice and the bright red color really 'pops' out.

On Aug 30, 2002, FL_Gator from Dunnellon, FL (Zone 8b) wrote:

I grow this plant in Florida, and have found it to be excellent here. Reblooms, color holds up very well.