Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Trimmer
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1998
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 28 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 3-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: yellow with plum eyezone and green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2003

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: Fooled Me x Pirate's Patch
Child plants: 11 child plants

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Location: central Md, zone 6
Date: 2011-06-12
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2016-05-17
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Date: 2017-07-19
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Date: 2016-05-13
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Date: 2016-06-03
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Location: Western Kentucky
Date: June 2012
New to me this year -- I love it!!

Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies

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Date: 2009-07-03
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-06-12
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2018-06-10

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Comments:
  • Posted by Hembrain (Maryville, Tennessee - Zone 7a) on Oct 13, 2021 7:56 AM concerning plant:
    This striking daylily reblooms for me in zone 7a.
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