Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Reed
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2003
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 44 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Bud Count: 16-20
Branching: 3-way
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Spider
Color description: black red with slightly darker eye above green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2012

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: Diploid
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Daylily

'Third Witch' was a featured
Plant of the Day for October 1, 2017.
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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-07-02
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2015-06-01
Location: Brown City, MI  z5
Date: July

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Location: Neenah, WI
Date: 8/3/20
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2021-06-30
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2013-06-03
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2023-06-25

Date: 2018-06-04

Date: 2007-07-12
Taken in Margo's garden when this was a seedling, that's her hold
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2017-06-30
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-19
Location: Knoxville, TN
Date: 2016-06-13
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-06-26
First blooms; planted September, 2016
Photo by pinkiris
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2016-07-22
Location: Knoxville, TN
Photo by lovemyhouse
Location: Little Garden of Big Dreams - Dayton, KY
Date: 2010
Location: At home in Aiken, SC 
Date: 2016-08-03
It looks really cool and is a nice break from all my "traditional

Photo Courtesy of 5 Acre Farm Daylilies Used With Permission
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Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2019-06-10
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-06-26
First bloom; planted September, 2016
Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
Photo by Gail Morgan of BX Creek Daylilies. Used with permission.
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2014-06-19

Image Courtesy of Woodhenge Gardens Used with Permission
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Date: UK
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-08-03
Much deeper, richer color than earlier this summer. Lower tempera

Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-03
First bloom of 2018; heat wave in progress.

Photographed on a garden tour in Ohio

Photographed on a garden tour in Ohio
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-09
Second summer in my garden; good grower, but blooms have more bro
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-09
Second summer in my garden; good grower, but blooms have more bro
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-09
Second summer in my garden; good grower, but blooms have more bro
Comments:
  • Posted by csandt (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Oct 5, 2017 11:45 AM concerning plant:
    In its first season in my garden, Third Witch bloomed from June 26 through August 14. It is lovely, especially planted near yellow-green daylilies that complement its green throat.
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