Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Shooter
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1999
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom size: 5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Early Morning Opener (EMO)
Bud Count: 16-20
Branching: 3-way
Bloom Traits: Bitone or Reverse Bitone
Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: tan purple bitone with purple veins and silvery purple eyezone above lemon green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2006

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 sdlg
Child plants: 5 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: Garden of eScapes Bellevue KY
Date: 2015-07-22
Location: Melvindale, Mi. 48122
Date: Mid to late season 2010
A very intriguing color.

The color contrast is real nice against my evergreen
Location: North Carolina
Date: 2023-07-13
Mapping Carolina

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Photo courtesy of Marietta Daylily Gardens
Location: Melvindale, Michigan
Date: 2014-08-01
Photo by Hemlady
Location: Melvindale, Mi
Date: 7/13
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2011-07-24

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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2011-07-24
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2008-08-09

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