Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Wild
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1979
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 39 inches
Bloom size: 6.5 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: dark red with pale cream midribs and green yellow center

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Flowers: Showy
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

'Charming Heart' was a featured
Plant of the Day for October 19, 2016.
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Location: My Garden
Date: 2014-01-03
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-06-26
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Location: Manchester, PA
Date: 2020-07-01
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Date: 2016-06-30
FFE
Location: Melvindale, Mi. 48122
Date: July 2012
Poly bloom.
Location: Waldoboro Maine
Date: 2019-07-20
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Location: Stone Cottage Gardens, Gladwin, MI
Date: 7-2008

Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2009-07-11
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Location: Missouri
Date: 2010-06-27
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-07-26
Location: Melvindale, Mi. 48122
Date: Mid to late season 2011.
Nice plant!!!

Date: 2013-07-07

Date: 2014
Location: GLADWIN MI
Date: JULY 19 2011

Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: Stone Cottage Gardens, Gladwin, MI
Date: 7-2008

Date: 2014-06-26

Photo Courtesy of O'Bannon Springs Daylilies. Used with Permissio
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Comments:
  • Posted by DancingGenes (Western WA - Zone 8b) on Jul 14, 2022 4:39 PM concerning plant:
    Charming Heart is great for hybridizing midribs. Mine tends to poly a lot. I love polys, so, I hybridize it as much as I can to get poly crosses, so far, no crosses have the poly gene.
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