Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Carpenter-J.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2003
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom size: 6.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 26-30
Branching: 4-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Edged
Watermark
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: purple with white watermark eye and edge above green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2011
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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Lifting Me Higher x (Chris Salter x Tet. Waxen Wonder)
Child plants: 30 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2014-07-19
Location: Southeast Indiana
Date: July
Daylily 'Jay Farquhar'
Location: Home garden
Date: July 2014
Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2017-08-08
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Uploaded by shive1
Location: Home garden
Date: July 15, 2014
First of the season
Location: Shady Rest Gardens Cartersville, GA
Date: 2013-06-29
Location: Home garden
Date: 8.02.2014
In the hot sun, late afternoon
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 25, 2021
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 27, 2022
Location: São Paulo- Brasil
Date: 2019-12-17
Location: The Lily Farm near Center, Texas
Date: 2015-05-12
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: My Garden
Date: 2018-08-14
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-08-16
Jay Farquhar
Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2014-08-02
Location: Eiseman Garden, Ladue, MO, zone 6
Date: 2007
Uploaded by Hazelcrestmikeb
Uploaded by annred97
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 5/28/21
Morning
Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2020-08-12
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2012-05-22
Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2014-07-21

Photographed in John Rice's greenhouse, Kentucky
Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2019-07-30
Uploaded by shive1
Location: The Lily Farm near Center, Texas
Date: 2015-06-10

Date: 2006-07-29
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic

Date: 2008-05-16
Posted with permission and photographed by Eddie Raye Andrews htt
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2016-08-11
Comments:
  • Posted by Zoia (Stoneham MA - Zone 6b) on Nov 22, 2021 2:53 PM concerning plant:
    This cv was moderately rusty during the infestation of 2021

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