Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Gossard
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2005
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 36 inches
Bloom size: 6.25 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bud Count: 16-20
Branching: 3-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Edged
Toothed or Fringed Edge
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: rose plum with dark plum eye and white tooth edge above green throat

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: Tetraploid
Parentage: Awesome Blossom x Heavenly Beginnings
Child plants: 20 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Location: Lincoln, NE
Date: 2019-07-24
blooming in partial shade
Location: Lincoln NE (5b)
Date: 2017-06-26
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-07-11

Photo Courtesy of Keast Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Photo courtesy of James Gossard of Heavenly Gardens

Date: 2010-06-19
Photo Courtesy of Lobo Rose and Daylily Gardens Used With Permiss
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Photo Courtesy of Keast Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.
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