Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Carpenter-J.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2002
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom size: 5.75 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 31-35
Branching: 5-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: melon pink blend above green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2008
Honorable Mention: 2005

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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Ed Brown x Larry Grace
Child plants: 43 child plants

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Date: 2022-07-26

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Location: Saaremaa, Estonia
Date: 2022-08-01

Date: 2014-05-25
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Location: Home garden
Date: July 2014
Location: Melvindale, Mi 48122
Date: Mid season 2011
Gorgeous and very show but a slow grower here.
Location: My garden
Date: 2009-07-17
Location: Phoenix
Date: 2011-05-26
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2021-07-09
Location: Shores of Miserva, my home
Date: 2016-06-29
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-07-16
Opens well in warm weather
Location: Bullard, Texas
Date: 2017-05-11
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Location: Thoroughbred Daylilies, Greenhouse, Paris KY
Location: white lake, Michigan
Date: 2014-08-02

Date: 2008-05-17
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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 3, 2012

Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: Thoroughbred Daylilies - Greenhouse
Date: 2005
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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-06-29

Date: 2006-07-23
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Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2018-07-01

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Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
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Location: Saaremaa, Estonia
Date: 2022-08-02

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Date: 2010-07-08
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Location: my garden
Date: 2015-06-08

Date: 2013-06-30
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2014-05-26
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-06-09
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Date: 2022-06-25
Location: Dreamy Daylilies - Chatham-Kent, Ontario   5b
Date: 2013-07-19
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2007-08-04
Location: Manchester, PA
Date: 2022-07-04
Location: North Carolina
Date: 2022-06-20
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Location: Jackie and Dan Canner Garden, Georgetown, KY
Date: 2015-07-11
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-06-29

Date: 2012-03-06
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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2010-07-14

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