Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Hall-D.F.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1955
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 38 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: rose pink self
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 1959
Honorable Mention: 1956
JC: 1955

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: Diploid
Child plants: 31 child plants

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Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2018-08-20
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2018-08-20
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2017-07-21
Taken at 6:30 am, when color is most intense. Lightens to a mediu
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Taken in 2007. Plant received a lot of shade in this location.
Comments:
  • Posted by sooby (Ontario, Canada - Zone 4b) on Aug 12, 2015 8:42 AM concerning plant:
    The registered 'Magic Dawn' is a rose pink self. A bi-color that is frequently sold as 'Magic Dawn' is believed to be the cultivar 'Howdy', but there may be other non-pink daylilies also sold as 'Magic Dawn'. Reference the American Hemerocallis Society's Journal of Fall 2011, page 20.
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