Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Manning
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2011
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 38 inches
Bloom size: 12 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 16-20
Branching: 4-way
Rust Resistance: Shows Resistance
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Crispate
Color description: near white over a large green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2020
Honorable Mention: 2016

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Lillian's Thin Ice x Lavender Butterfly
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Photo Gallery
Location: My garden in northeast Texas
Date: 2023-05-18
This DL arrived looking totally dead, but obviously overcame that
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2013-06-01
Location: Cortland, OH
Date: 2023-06-29

Photo Courtesy of Fred Manning, Daylily Place. Used With Permissi
Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2019-07-24
Location: white lake, Michigan
Date: 2020-07-02
Photo by mistyfog
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2022-05-24
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2014-05-22
Photo by Avedon
Location:  Photo Courtesy of Region 5 
Date: 2014-08-19
Photo Courtesy of Fred Manning, Daylily Place. Used With Permissi
Location: Daylily Place Lillian Alabama Region 14
Date: Mid May 2010
Photo Courtesy of Fred Manning, Daylily Place. Used With Permissi
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2014-05-28
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2016-05-15
Location: Latvia
Lillian's Vapor Trail
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2023-05-26
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2014-05-22
Location:  Photo Courtesy of Fred Manning, Daylily Place. 
Photo Courtesy of Fred Manning, Daylily Place. Used With Permissi

Photo Courtesy of Fred Manning, Daylily Place. Used With Permissi
Photo by Betja
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2020-05-20

Photo Courtesy of Fred Manning, Daylily Place. Used With Permissi
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2013-05-01
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2019-05-18
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2019-05-18
Location: Horseheads, NY
Date: 2020-07-03
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Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2016-07-13
Photo by LALAMBCHOP
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2022-05-24
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2014-05-23
Hard to photograph the true color, but this got close.
Location: Singing Oakes Garden
Date: 2016-06-04
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2014-07-01
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2012-04-19
Location:  Photo Courtesy of Fred Manning, Daylily Place. 
Date: 2016-06-03

Photo Courtesy of Fred Manning, Daylily Place. Used With Permissi
Photo by Betja
Location: Singing Oakes Garden, Blythewood, SC
Date: 2016-07-23
Location:  Photo Courtesy of Fred Manning, Daylily Place. 
Date: 2018-06-15
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Photo by mistyfog
Location: Melvindale, Michigan
Date: 2014-07-01
First year's bloom on this cultivar.
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-07-09
Location: Chapin, SC
Date: 2018-05-19
Location: Chapin, SC
Date: 2018-05-22
Photo by Lalambchop1
Photo by Lalambchop1
Plant Events from our members
GaNinFl On May 6, 2017 Bloomed
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GaNinFl On March 8, 2017 Obtained plant
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mom2cjemma On June 29, 2021 Bloomed
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