Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Dove
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1979
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 27 inches
Bloom size: 5.62 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Rust Resistance: Shows Resistance
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 1.3
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: deep purple self with lime green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 1989
Honorable Mention: 1984
JEM: 1986

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: Diploid
Parentage: Sugar Time x sdlg
Child plants: 115 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: Statesboro, Georgia
Date: 2023-06-12
after a rain
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2016-06-18
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2015-06-02
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2016-09-24
Location: Chicoutimi
Date: 2023-08-09
Location: Chicoutimi
Date: 2023-07-31

Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Date: 2014-07-27
Location: Warne, NC
Date: 2018-01-02
Super Purple

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Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2020-06-29
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2007-08-10
Location: Chicoutimi
Date: 2023-07-29

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Location: Warne, NC
Date: 2018-01-02
Super Purple

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Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
Photo by Gail Morgan of BX Creek Daylilies. Used with permission.
Location: Warne, NC
Date: 2019-07-01
Location: Chicoutimi
Date: 2023-08-18
Location: Chicoutimi
Date: 2023-07-29
Location: Chicoutimi
Date: 2023-07-29

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Date: 2010-03-27
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Plant Events from our members
Seedfork On May 8, 2017 Bloomed
First blooms on this plant for the season
Seedfork On April 22, 2017 Miscellaneous Event
First scape on this plant for the season.
Seedfork On May 1, 2016 Miscellaneous Event
Observed first scape
Seedfork On May 28, 2015 Bloomed
FFOE
Seedfork On April 3, 2015 Obtained plant
DeweyRooter On September 9, 2021 Obtained plant
Received four fans from Moonlight Valley Farm. Potted up.
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