Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Crandall
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1987
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 32 inches
Bloom size: 6.75 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Bud Count: 10-15
Branching: 3-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Fertility notes: Tet. Calico Spider is pollen fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Spider
Color description: gold spider type with brown mahogany eyezone
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2011

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Lady Neva x Kansan
Child plants: 8 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Taken at Jackie & Dan Canner's garden.

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Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
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Daylily Calico Spider
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 7-2008
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 7-2008
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 7-2008
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 7-2008

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Date: 2010-06-18
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Date: 2003-07-16
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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needrain On June 15, 2016 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
died - crown rot, I think.
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