Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Childs-F.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1979
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 18 inches
Bloom size: 4 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Bitone or Reverse Bitone
Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: purple reverse bitone with dark purple eyezone

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: 7 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2014-08-06
 9:46 am. Simplicity and Beauty
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2021-08-09
Photo by Julia McCarthy, taken in my garden
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 12, 2022
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 31, 2021
Location: Underhill, Vermont
Date: 2020-06-22
Unique Purple

Date: 2005-06-18
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-07-29
Unique Purple
Location: WV Zone 6a
Date: 2016-07-18
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2014-08-08
 8:25 pm. In the evening - a simple elegance.
Location: Belmont garden
Date: 2005-0727
Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
Photo by Gail Morgan of BX Creek Daylilies. Used with permission.

Photo Courtesy of Daylily Sweetheart. Used with Permission.
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Location: Porch garden
Date: 2005-0722
Bloomed well in shade.
Location: Garden of eScapes Bellevue KY
Date: 2015-07-09
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2009-07-27

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Valley of the Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Lilywood Farms. Used with Permission.
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   Photo Courtesy of Smokeys Daylily Gardens Used with Permission
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Courtesy of Quarles Daylilies Used with Permission
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 Courtesy of Banner Daylily Gardens Used with permission
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Comments:
  • Posted by Zoia (Stoneham MA - Zone 6b) on Dec 2, 2021 10:31 PM concerning plant:
    A complete rust bucket during the great infestation of 2021

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