Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Davisson-J.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2008
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 39 inches
Bloom size: 9 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 16-20
Branching: 4-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Watermark
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Crispate
Color description: apricot pink blend with lighter watermarked eye above wide yellow to green throat

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Swallow Tail Kite x (sdlg x Lighthouse North)
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Location: hybridizer's garden
Date: 2014-07-02
Location: Hollis NH
Date: July 19, 2022
The Stern Collection

Date: 2006-06-24
Photo courtesy of Judy Davisson
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Date: 2019-08-06
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2020-06-28
Location: DeCooman daylilies, Arcadia, Ohio
Date: 2019-07-12
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-06-27
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2016-07-27
Location: Wilmington, DE
Date: 2013-07-11
Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2021-07-12
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2021-07-09
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Date: 2015-07-05
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-08-03
Location: Wilmington, DE
Date: 2013-07-03
ffo blooming sideways.

Photo Courtesy of Fairyscape Daylilies. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Fairyscape Daylilies. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden
Date: JULY-11-2016
Uploaded by Casshigh
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-07-04
Comments:
  • Posted by Tree_climber (Brown City, MI) on Feb 4, 2015 1:15 PM concerning plant:
    Another Judy Davisson introduction that grows fantastically in my zone 5a garden.

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