Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: McCroskey
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1988
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 30 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Early
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Rust Resistance: Shows Susceptibility
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Bitone or Reverse Bitone
Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: bronze bitone with red eyezone and greenish bronze throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1996

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Holiday Delight x Chinese Autumn
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Eye-Yi-Yi'
  • 'Eye Yi Yi'

Common names
  • Daylily

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Location: Buford, Georgia
Date: 2020-08-02
Reblooming in August 2020 - Wow!
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-07-05
Location: Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada
Date: 2021-07-21

Photo courtesy of Bill Jarvis
Location: Franklin, TN (near Nashville)
Date: 2011-07-07
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-07-15
Location: Buford, Georgia
Date: 2019-06-05
Planted 2018, First Blooms in June 2019

Photo Courtesy of Alcovy Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2010-03-27
Courtesy of The Gardens of Sunshine Hollow Used with Permission
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Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: Buford, Georgia
Date: 2021-06-07
First bloom of 2021 season

Photo Courtesy of Floral and Hardy Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Courtesy American Daylily and Perennials
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Date: 2011-10-17
Photo Courtesy of Walnut Hill Gardens Used With Permission. Unaut
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Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of O'Bannon Springs Daylilies. Used with Permissio
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Photo Courtesy of Island Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2019-07-22

Photo Courtesy of Harbour Breezes Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2005-07-20

Date: 1999-07-01
Image courtesy of Archway Daylily Gardens Used with permission
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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2005-07-20

Courtesy of Peace on Earth Gardens Used with permission
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Comments:
  • Posted by dgoddard (Atlanta, Georgia, Southeast USA - Zone 7b) on Aug 31, 2019 4:07 PM concerning plant:
    Big healthy plants, but little bloom production. Never rebloomed. The three clumps I have bloomed the month of June and first week in July. No new scapes later. Maybe next year will be better.
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dgoddard On June 7, 2021 Bloomed
First bloom of 2021 season.
dgoddard On June 14, 2020 Bloomed
Lots of blooms this second year - twice as many scapes as first year.
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