Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Stamile
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1997
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 30 inches
Bloom size: 5 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Rust Resistance: Shows Susceptibility
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Edged
Bloom Form: Double
Color description: bing cherry red with white edges and green throat
AHS Awards: IM: 2007

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
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Double Phelan x sdlg
Child plants: 45 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2014-07-22
An intricate meshing of inner petals - mesmerizing.
Location: Vermont
Date: 2021-07-14
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2022-05-31
Blooms can be so different on this one that it sometimes seems to
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2021-05-22
Location: Vermont
Date: 2022-07-14
Location: In my garden.
Date: July 30, 2010, 3:49PM.
Location: Vermont
Date: 2014-07-11
Photo by DogsNDaylilies
Location: Northwest Florida
Date: Summer 2016
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-07-23
Night Embers

Date: 2003-07-27
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Location: Vermont
Date: 2018-07-13
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 24, 2021
The only bloom this summer
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2022-05-29
Location: Vermont
Date: 2020-07-07
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-06-24
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-06-28
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2020-07-12
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2016-01-21
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2009-06-15
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2021-07-24
no enhancement beyond crop
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 14, 2022
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2019-05-20

Photo Courtesy of A-1 Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2019-07-21
Photo by daylilydreams
Photo by DogsNDaylilies
Photo by pinkiris
Location: Eureka, CA
Date: 2019-06-30
Double doubles!
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-07-16
Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
Photo by Gail Morgan of BX Creek Daylilies. Used with permission.
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-06-08
FFO

Photo Courtesy of Walnut Hill Gardens Used With Permission. Unaut
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Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2023-08-06
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Night Embers') blooming in coral tones
Location: STRATFORD
Date: 2019-07-30
Location: Greenwood, MN
Date: 2014-07-20
Photo by Jason_Halonen
Photo by kimkats

Date: 2018-05-31
Location: Eureka, CA
Date: 2019-06-30
Nice couple blooms, first bloom was a single
Location: SE Michigan
Date: July 2015

Date: 2018-05-23

Date: 4000-12-31
Posted with permission and photographed by John Wagner http://www
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Photo Courtesy of Keast Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of E and B Farm Used with Permission
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Location: Central MD zone 6
Date: 2014-03-17
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2022-07-28
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2016-01-21
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2012-07-02
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-07-21
Night Embers, in single form

Date: 2011-07-08
Location: Vermont
Date: 2017-07-20

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
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Location: Eureka, CA
Date: 2019-06-23

Photo Courtesy of Ellies Daylilies Used with Permission
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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2023-06-30

Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Location: Dreamy Daylilies - Chatham-Kent, Ontario   5b
Date: Aug 14 2014
Location: Gwinnett County, GA
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-07-13

Photo Courtesy of Nottawasaga Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2021-05-29
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2012-07-02
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2012-07-02
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-06-08
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-06-08

Date: 2006-07-13
   Photo Courtesy of Manatawny Creek Farm Used With Permission
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Photo by Joy
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Location: SE Michigan
Date: 7/6/15
Morning (about 7:30?), hazy sunny, warm (after sprinklers went.)
Photo by pinkiris

Photo Courtesy of Eclectic Gardens. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Image courtesy of Johnson Daylily Gardens Used with permission
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Location: Vermont
Date: 2013-07-13
Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2016-07-29
Location: GLADWIN MI
Date: JULY 22 2011

Photo Courtesy of Woods Daylily Gardens, Au. Used with Permission
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Location: Eureka, CA
Date: 2019-06-29

Photo Courtesy of May's Acres Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-06-28
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Comments:
  • Posted by kimbar (beaverton mi) on Sep 29, 2011 6:52 PM concerning plant:
    grows well in michigan beautiful color.
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