Cold hardiness & minimum temperature

Is Daylily 'Chicago Apache' (Hemerocallis 'Chicago Apache')cold hardy? Hardiness zone & min temp

Also called Chicago Apache daylily, red daylily.

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About Daylily 'Chicago Apache'

Hemerocallis 'Chicago Apache' · also called Chicago Apache daylily, red daylily · flowering

Hemerocallis 'Chicago Apache' is a vigorous, award-winning daylily producing vivid scarlet-red, ruffled blooms in mid-summer. It thrives in full sun with average moisture and forms clumping, grass-like foliage. Extremely toxic to cats — even small ingestions can cause acute kidney failure. Dogs may experience gastrointestinal upset.

Cold limit: USDA 3-9 · RHS H6 (5-32°C)

What daylily 'chicago apache''s hardiness rating actually means

Yes — daylily 'chicago apache' is genuinely cold hardy. Rated RHS H6 and USDA 3-9, it lives outdoors all year and needs winter cold rather than protection from it. Its RHS rating of H6 means: Hardy throughout the UK and northern Europe. On the US scale that maps to USDA 3-9 — the zones where it can be left outdoors year-round.

New to these scales? The USDA hardiness zone map explained covers how the zone numbers work, and you can find your own zone with the zone finder.

Minimum temperature — and what happens below it

Minimum survivable temperature is roughly about −20 to −15 °C. Daylily 'Chicago Apache' is built for winter — once established it takes hard frost and snow in its stride.

Concretely, for daylily 'chicago apache' as it gets too cold:

It tolerates winter lows to about −20 to −15 °C once established.
Below its rated zone, the visible damage is browned or blackened top growth and, in the worst case, a killed crown or root.
First-year, newly planted, or container-grown specimens are noticeably less hardy than established garden plants — the roots are exposed.

Can daylily 'chicago apache' go outside or overwinter — and where?

Plant it out within USDA 3-9 and it overwinters with little or no help.
It does not want to come indoors — a warm winter room actually weakens a hardy plant by denying it dormancy.
The real risks in its range are waterlogging, wind-rock on young plants, and a late hard frost on new growth — not ordinary winter cold.

Work back from your local frost dates with the frost-date calculator: the last spring frost and first autumn frost are what really decide when daylily 'chicago apache' can be outside. US growers can check USDA zones; UK growers should use the RHS hardiness ratings, which match the H6 figure above.

Daylily 'Chicago Apache' hardiness — frequently asked questions

Is daylily 'chicago apache' cold hardy?

Yes — daylily 'chicago apache' is genuinely cold hardy. Rated RHS H6 and USDA 3-9, it lives outdoors all year and needs winter cold rather than protection from it. An outdoor plant. Daylily 'Chicago Apache' is hardy across USDA 3-9; it belongs in the ground or a frost-proof container, not on a windowsill, and many types actively need a cold winter to perform.

What is the minimum temperature daylily 'chicago apache' can survive?

Minimum survivable temperature is roughly about −20 to −15 °C. Daylily 'Chicago Apache' is built for winter — once established it takes hard frost and snow in its stride.

What hardiness zone is daylily 'chicago apache'?

Daylily 'Chicago Apache' is rated USDA 3-9 and RHS H6 — Hardy throughout the UK and northern Europe.

Can daylily 'chicago apache' survive winter outside?

Plant it out within USDA 3-9 and it overwinters with little or no help. It does not want to come indoors — a warm winter room actually weakens a hardy plant by denying it dormancy. The real risks in its range are waterlogging, wind-rock on young plants, and a late hard frost on new growth — not ordinary winter cold.

What happens to daylily 'chicago apache' below its minimum temperature?

It tolerates winter lows to about −20 to −15 °C once established. Below its rated zone, the visible damage is browned or blackened top growth and, in the worst case, a killed crown or root. First-year, newly planted, or container-grown specimens are noticeably less hardy than established garden plants — the roots are exposed.