Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Salter
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1991
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 28 inches
Bloom size: 5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: black purple self with green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2003
Honorable Mention: 1999
JC: 1993

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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: sdlg x Quest for Excalibur
Child plants: 54 child plants

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Location: Home landscape
Date: 2023-04-24
Black Ambrosia, multiple blooms
Location: Deer Park,TX Zone 9
Date: May 2023
Look at this wild lil anomaly here!
Location: Lexington, KY
Date: 2015-06-15
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2016-07-23
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2016-07-06
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2011-06-18
Photo by Seedsower
Location: Lowndesboro AL
Date: 2014-06-10
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2005-07-08
Location: Murfreesboro TN
Date: 2023-06-17
Black Ambrosia, Eden’s Edge Garden
Location: Lowndesboro AL
Date: 2009-05-28
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2020-06-21
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2008-06-12
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2012-05-27
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2021-07-20

Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: Lexington, KY
Date: 2015-06-15
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2016-09-24

Photographed on a garden tour in St. Louis

Photo Courtesy of Bluegrass Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission
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Courtesy of Shaw's Sunshine Gardens
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Photo Courtesy of Alcovy Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.
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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2012-05-27
Location: Jones OK,
Date: June 2015
Black Ambrosia
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2005-07-08

Photo Courtesy of Wynn's Daylily Garden. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of A La Carte Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2010-03-27
Courtesy of The Gardens of Sunshine Hollow Used with Permission
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Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
Photo by Gail Morgan of BX Creek Daylilies. Used with permission.

Photo Courtesy of Woods Daylily Gardens, Au. Used with Permission
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Courtesy of Peace on Earth Gardens Used with permission
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Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2012-03-19
Courtesy of Quarles Daylilies Used with Permission
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