Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Dougherty-H.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1997
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 27 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Midseason-Late
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: orange red with a red eyezone and yellow throat

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: Tetraploid
Child plants: 3 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: Milford, New Hampshire
Date: 2023-07-02
photo by:  Rob Duval
Location: Gardenfish garden 
Date: June 15 2022
Back Draft is showing off this year!
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2020-06-25
Mid Morning Image
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: 2019-07-05
Hemerocallis Backdraft (H Dougherty, 1997) 1830
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2021-07-02
Early Morning Image;  Heavy rain overnight
Location: Gardenfish garden 
Date: June 11 2021 
Couldn’t find in the data base the first time I posted the pic
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2018-07-14
photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: Milford, New Hampshire
Date: 2023-07-07
photo by:  Rob Duval
Location: My garden
Date: July-7-2015
Location: Milford, New Hampshire
Date: 2023-07-07
photo by:  Rob Duval

Date: 2021-06-30
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2018-06-10
Location: Milford, New Hampshire
Date: 2023-07-03
photo by:  Rob Duval
Location: Decatur. IL
Date: July 6, 2022
Location: Kentucky
Date: 2014-07-07
Location: North Carolina
Date: 2022-06-24
Back Draft
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2021-06-26
Early Morning Image
Location: white lake, Michigan
Date: 2016-07-09
Location: springfield MO
Date: 2016-06-29
Location: Garden of Jim Stauffer Lancaster, Pa
Date: 2013-07-21
Uploaded by plantcollector
Location: 2016 National in Kentucky
Date: 2016-07-05

Photo courtesy of MaryAnn Pruden of Lily House
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2020-07-16
Photo credit: Robert Duval

Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2018-06-13
Uploaded by plantcollector
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2019-07-23
photo credit: Robert Duval

Date: 2012-03-26
Courtesy of Quarles Daylilies Used with Permission
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Uploaded by janicewood549

Photo Courtesy of A-1 Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Date: 4000-06-10
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2019-07-23
photo credit: Robert Duval

Date: 2010-03-27
Courtesy of The Gardens of Sunshine Hollow Used with Permission
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