Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Shooter
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1992
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Early Morning Opener (EMO)
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: dark black purple with faint dusted purple eyezone above triangle lemon to green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2005

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
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: When I Dream x Grand Masterpiece

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  • Daylily

'Which Way Jim' was a featured
Plant of the Day for February 17, 2018.
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Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2016-07-27
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2013-08-05
 3:35 pm.  The colour seems an almost metallic purple.
Photo by jkporter
Photo by blue23rose
Location: Lincoln NE (5b)
Date: 2017-07-11
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-07-15
Photo by blue23rose

Photo Courtesy of Earlybird Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-08-01
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Photo Courtesy of Garfield Gardens Used with Permission
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Date: 2006-07-22
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies 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 Marietta Daylily Gardens
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-08-05
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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-08-03
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Location: Lincoln NE (5b)
Date: 2017-07-07

Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Something New Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-08-06
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Location: My garden.
Date: 2010-08-30
Comments:
  • Posted by mcash70 (Near Kamloops, BC, Canada - Zone 3a) on Oct 2, 2011 2:13 PM concerning plant:
    I received Which Way Jim as a bonus plant last year and I have to say I was very disappointed with it's first few blooms, it did improve somewhat on later blooms. It has been slow to multiply in my zone 3a garden and did not bloom this year.
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