Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Roberts
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1975
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 20 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Bicolor or Reverse Bicolor
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: rose and cream bicolor with cream throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1985

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
Parentage: sdlg x Beautiful Lady)
Child plants: 30 child plants

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Date: 2022-06-18
Location: Oakland, IA
Date: 2020-07-04
Location: Lincoln NE (5b)
Date: 2017-06-16
Location: Maine
Date: 7/22/2021

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Location: Murfreesboro TN
Date: 2023-06-17
Karen Sue, McGray Garden
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-21
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Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2016-06-13
Location: my garden

Date: 2022-06-17

Date: 2012-03-19
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Location: Massachusetts
Date: July 8, 2011

Date: 2007-05-14
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Location: RavenCroft Garden
Date: 2012-07-05
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-21
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Location: Front yard SE Nebraska Zone 5
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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2005-07-20
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2005-07-20

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Location: RavenCroft Garden
Date: 2010-06-20

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Location: Franklin, TN (near Nashville)
Date: 2011-06-15

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