Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Webster
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1990
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 24 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: black red self with greenish chartreuse throat

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: Tetraploid
Parentage: Bama Bound x Total Eclipse
Child plants: one child plant

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  • Daylily

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Location: Huron County, MI
Date: 2020-07-15

Date: 2013-07-01
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 22, 2021
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Date: 2020-07-28
The blackest Sir Modred I have ever seen.
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2017-08-14
One of the darkest daylilies in my garden.

Date: 2009-06-18
Location: Eureka, CA
Date: 2018-09-07
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 11, 2022
Location: Bordines Nursery, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2009-07-18
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2018-06-11
Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2019-07-31
Location: Eureka, CA
Date: 2018-09-07
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Location: Dayton, Ohio
Date: 2017-07-03
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Date: 2017-07-03
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Date: 2018-07-13

Photo Courtesy of Valley of the Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Saksa Daylily Farm. Used with Permission
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Date: 2010-07-11
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Location: Eureka, CA
Date: 2019-07-06
Location: Bordines Nursery, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2009-07-18
Location: Farmer John's Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2008-08-15
Plant Events from our members
value4dollars On March 1, 2006 Obtained plant
SunriseSide On July 8, 2020 Bloomed
FFO
tabbycat On March 21, 2024 Miscellaneous Event
I have in west bed & a pot near patio by 1st lorapetalum
tabbycat On May 1, 2023 Bloomed
1st bloom of 2023 & so pretty! In west day lily bed
tabbycat On September 1, 2022 Bloomed
Potted in back yard are reblooming
tabbycat On July 12, 2022 Bloomed
A few more flowers like reblooming in new location Day lily bed
tabbycat On May 13, 2022 Bloomed
1st for 2022 & in west bed . I forget how dark & pretty it is!
tabbycat On October 25, 2021 Transplanted
Getting less sun in backyard so moved to West bed where Autumn Gold was.
tabbycat On May 21, 2021 Bloomed
1st of 2021 NOTE still blooming into July
tabbycat On April 25, 2020 Bloomed
1st of 2020
tabbycat On May 1, 2019 Bloomed
Long blooming all of May & June into July!
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