Daylily (Hemerocallis 'So Many Stars') in the Daylilies Database

Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Kaskel
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1999
Foliage type:	Evergreen
Scape height:	34 inches
Bloom size:	6.5 inches
Bloom time:	Midseason-Late
Plant Traits:	Rebloom Diurnal
Bud Count:	36-40
Branching:	4-way
Rust Resistance:	Shows Resistance
Rust Resistance Decimal Score:	2.4
Bloom Traits:	Eye or Band
Bloom Form:	Single
Color description:	cream purple with purple eye above chartreuse throat
AHS Awards:	Honorable Mention: 2007

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 Fragrant
Flower Color:	Purple Yellow Multi-Color: cream, green, and pink mix, petals or edges of petals can appear opalescent or iridescent
Propagation: Seeds:	Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Ploidy:	Tetraploid
Parentage:	((sdlg x Pirate's Patch) x (sdlg x Pirate's Patch)) x Tet. Rainbow Spangles
Child plants:	8 child plants

Common names

Daylily

'So Many Stars' was a featured
Plant of the Day for March 9, 2018.

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Posted with permission and photographed by Shelly Stasney http://

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Uploaded by Dennis616

Location: Little garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY
Date: 7/3/14

Uploaded by Lilydaydreamer

Location: David Hoffmann Garden, St. Louis, zone 6
Date: 2007

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Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-07-20
4X5 bloom

Uploaded by Vals_Garden

Location: Florence, KY
Date: 2014-07-05
Polys at least once each year for me. Long bloom season. Every

Uploaded by crazyk

Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 13, 2022

Uploaded by Zoia

Location: My Caffeinated Garden, Grapevine, TX
Date: 2019-05-24
Very nice daylily!

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Location: Alabama
Date: 2013-06-02
So Many Stars

Uploaded by Sheridragonfly

Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-07-30
Love this spider!

Uploaded by Vals_Garden

Date: 2006-05-18
Posted with permission and photographed by Arlene Wierschem http:

Uploaded by vic

Location: southeast alabama
Date: 2015-05-27
So Many Stars long beautiful buds!

Uploaded by Sheridragonfly

Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2017-09-01
So Many Stars

Uploaded by Seedfork

Location: southeast alabama
Date: 2015-05-15
a beautiful large photogenic daylily bloom!

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Location: Little garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY

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Uploaded by Johanvanheusden

Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2017-04-25
So Many Stars first blooms of the season

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Uploaded by Joy

Location: Tarnowskie Gory, Poland
Date: 2020

Uploaded by Halina

Location: Sheris healing flower bed , Alabama
Date: 2014-06-04
So Many Stars

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-07-27
So Many Stars

Uploaded by Zoia

Location: Mexico, Missouri
Date: 2020-06-30
Taken on an overcast morning

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Uploaded by Joy

Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-07-22
Open pictire to see entire plant

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Photo Courtesy of Valley of the Daylilies. Used with Permission

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Uploaded by Lilydaydreamer

Location: southeast alabama
Date: 2015-06-06
So Many Stars Bud!

Uploaded by Sheridragonfly

Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2016-09-15
Buds

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Photo Courtesy of Bluegrass Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-07-05

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Uploaded by Joy

Location: SE Michigan
Date: 7/8/15
Early morning (around 7am or 7:30am) during brief sunny time toda

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: Mid Summer

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Photo Courtesy of Mystic Meadows Daylily Farm. Used with Permissi

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Photo Courtesy of Something New Gardens. Used with Permission.

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Photo Courtesy of Island Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.

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Image courtesy of Johnson Daylily Gardens Used with permission

Uploaded by vic

Date: 2008-07-31
Posted with permission and photographed by Ramona Titus http://ww

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Comments:

Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 10, 2013 6:22 PM concerning plant:

I have had So Many Stars for so many years as it was the very first daylily I purchased on The Lily Auction. So Many Stars has formed a large clump and blooms reliably each summer.

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Posted by DogsNDaylilies (SE Michigan - Zone 6a) on Jul 8, 2015 5:15 AM concerning plant:

So Many Stars is fragrant in my garden (zone 5b/6a).

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Posted by Zoia (Stoneham MA - Zone 6b) on Dec 2, 2021 11:01 PM concerning plant:

No rust during the great infestation of 2021

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Plant Events from our members
Lilydaydreamer	On September 23, 2018	Maintenance performed Divided
Seedfork	On May 20, 2019	Bloomed First bloom of the season on this plant.
Seedfork	On May 7, 2018	Bloomed First bloom on this plant this year.
Seedfork	On April 7, 2018	Miscellaneous Event First scape on this plant this .year
Seedfork	On April 25, 2017	Bloomed First blooms on this plant for the season.
Seedfork	On March 23, 2017	Miscellaneous Event So Many Stars' first scape of 2017.
Seedfork	On April 6, 2016	Miscellaneous Event Observed first scape on this plant
Seedfork	On June 18, 2015	Obtained plant Received from Amador Flower Farm
UncleWill	On October 18, 2018	Transplanted East end of peach bed
UncleWill	On October 17, 2018	Obtained plant
carpathiangirl	On October 2, 2019	Obtained plant planted

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