When I bought it, it was in bloom in the pot with normal looking purple daylily-type flowers.

This is it when i bought/planted it in 2017...

Give your plant time , I don't think it looks like Purple D'oro to me , I think it looks like Little Grapette.. Whatever it is , it may still flower with the purple bloom but like Celeste said the bloom you are seeing now is Spiderwort . Maybe it is a stray growing in the middle of your clump. Even the leaves look a different color green than the rest of the leaves.

Sometimes when you buy a potted perennial at a nursery you will find another plant has hitched a ride along in the pot. Years ago I got a spiderwort in one of my potted daylilies and no one was the wiser until it bloomed. The leaves are strap-like and similar especially if growing in among the daylily fans. I wasn't saying that you don't have a purple daylily, or that you didn't, just that the BLOOM you are showing is spiderwort, which seems to have grown into your daylily clump. I do see your actual daylily plant in the photo to the left, with the spiderwort to the right. So you actually got 2 plants for one! A bonus, if you will.

That's very interesting. I had no idea and have never even heard of spiderwort. But I have never gotten any daylily blooms the following years after I planted it. It gets dappled sun for 6-7 hours. Is this maybe not enough sun?

Hi Patti , Probably the answer to this question is ........yes....... as daylilies do perform their best with 6 hours of direct sun . Dappled sun can mean different things to different people so hard for me to say if your plant is getting enough sun or not . You menitoned in your original post that this was the second season for no blooms. So it could be lack of sun . It also could be that your plant is planted too deeply. The crown of the plant should be no deeper than 1 inch below the top of the soil If you check out this link http://www.safehavengardens.com/care_basics.html there is a diagram showing the parts of a daylily and info on daylilies . In the diagram it shows the crown at the base of the plant . So only an inch of soil on the top of the crown and full sun should have your plant blooming nicely . I am not sure where exactly where you are located in Canada . I am in South Western Ontario and I am still planting daylilies I acquired this spring So it probably is still early enough given the spring we have had to dig and move your plant to a better location and still get some blooms . Would be a good time to remove the spiderwort . It will grow well in dappled sun. Hope this helps

I am just east of Toronto. The garden faces south but we have a couple large trees creating dreaded shady spots!! Those trees are really putting a damper on my fun! LOL Maybe I'll dig up the daylily and keep the spiderwort. At least it's blooming. I'm just so glad that I learned about spiderwort, thanks to all you you here! Funny I have a Stella Doro about 3 feet away from this Purple Doro and the Stella has so many scapes ready to bloom like crazy!

Patti,

I have Spiderwort just like your first pictures, buds and blooms. There may have been a daylily in the pot originally too, but that is spiderwort. Spiderwort loves shade and blooms in the spring around the time of spring flowers like daffodils, etc. Sort through the leaves and see if there is a daylily plant too. It will be fan shaped. Spiderwort is more random in shape. You will want to separate them if the daylily is still alive in there, in the late summer.

Brad

Brad , Spiderwort here in Ontario is only now just in bloom . I think perhaps your season is a fair bit more advanced than here . It definitely doesn't bloom when the daffodils bloom here .

Do spiderwort plants normally have a hard time staying upright? I removed the daylily that it was with and the spiderwort just flopped down. Maybe because it was supported by the daylily? I love the blooms, not sure if I like their growth habit though.

Spiderwort is mostly water . It is also bloom season for the plant ( not a great time to dig it . so if you dug it up you will need to support it this season . Next year if you leave it alone it should do just fine . Cut the bottom rung and feet off of a tomato cage and use it to to support it .