Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Temple
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1994
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 29 inches
Bloom size: 8.5 inches
Bloom time: Early
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Rust Resistance: Shows Susceptibility
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Spider
Color description: medium yellow spider with purple eyezone above green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2003
Honorable Mention: 1999
DCS: 2005
HOS: 2000

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: Diploid
Parentage: Mountain Top Experience x Garden Portrait
Child plants: 31 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Date: 2021-07-20
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Date: 2020-05-03
Location: Iowa
Date: 2018-07-16
Location: springfield MO
Date: 2017-06-08
Location: Houston, Tx
Date: 2024-04-13
Marked by Lydia daylily
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: Summer 2014
Location: Southern Michigan
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-23
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2012-04-30
Location: Lowndesboro AL
Date: 2005-05-24
Location: west gazebo
Date: May 2017
I am so glad I gave this one a try, first year bloom.
Location: my garden zone 7b NC
Date: 2012-05-31
Location: Iowa
Date: 2018-07-03
Location: springfield MO
Date: 2017-06-06

Date: 2017-06-01
Beautiful polymerous bloom.
Location: Iowa
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Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2010-07-17
Superb!
Location: Wood County, TX
Date: 2023-05-08
Location: Hollis NH
Date: July 19, 2022
The Stern Collection

Date: 2022-06-13
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-11

Date: 2017-06-08
Location: Iowa
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2014-07-03

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Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2012-04-18

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Date: 2011-06-11
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2014-06-19
It had poly blooms one time, on two stalks the same day :).

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Location: Brown City, Michigan
Date: 2014-03-21
Location: Rhode Island
Date: 2013-07-16

Date: 2010-05-30
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Date: 2011-06-03
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Location: The Lily Farm near Center, Texas
Date: 2015-06-10
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Date: 2008-05-18
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Date: 2011-07-01
Morning light shines on Marked By Lydia.
Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2006-06-25
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Location: Houston, Tx
Date: 2024-04-13
With Mystic Spire Salvia
Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2006-06-25
Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2006-06-25
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GaNinFl On May 18, 2019 Obtained plant
Gift from Gina
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SunriseSide On April 17, 2023 Bloomed
FFO. probably hasn't fully adapted to TX conditions yet
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