Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Kirchhoff-D.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2009
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 30 inches
Bloom size: 6.25 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 4-way
Bloom Traits: Edged
Halo
Watermark
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: purest red with watermark halo and bright gold edge above lime green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2015

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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: ((Betty Ford x Hoochie Coochie Man) x sdlg) x (Seattle Dreaming x Painting the Roses Red)
Child plants: 18 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

'Barbara Mandrell' was a featured
Plant of the Day for December 28, 2023.
Photo Gallery
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2015-06-25
Location: Nashville, TN
Date: 2015-06-18
Location: My Garden- Vermont
Date: 2015-08-02
Now children get in a straight line, says momma 'Barbara Mandrell
Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-07-23
Photo is by Carol Bacskai, Zone 5b
Location: My Garden- Vermont
Date: 2013-07-27
Location: My Garden- Vermont
Date: 2015-07-28
Bold & Beautiful Red Daylily
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2015-07-16
Location: 2015 AHS National Convention Atlanta
Date: 2015-06-12
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2019-06-30
Uploaded by Charlemagne
Location: Lewis daylily garden
Photo by Paul Lewis used with permission
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-07-15
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2020-07-05
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Date: 2015-07-05
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2014-05-22
Uploaded by Charlemagne
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-07-15
Uploaded by ARoseblush
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-07-11
Uploaded by shive1
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2017-06-24

Photo courtesy of Daylily World
Location: Warne, NC
Date: 2020-06-30
BARBARA MANDREL
Uploaded by ARoseblush
Uploaded by JWWC
Location: My Garden- Vermont
Date: 2015-08-02
Amazing picture. I counted 7 blooms in a row. Prolific Barbara!!!
Location: Chapin, SC
Date: 2018-05-22
FFE - first flower ever in my garden
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-07-06
Location: Chapin, SC
Date: 2018-05-22
FFE, color is really much richer.
Uploaded by Charlemagne
Plant Events from our members
ARoseblush On July 20, 2014 Bloomed
Pat236 On September 28, 2016 Obtained plant
Received plant from Maryott's as a bonus.. pot planted and awaiting blooms in the spring of 2017.
Seedfork On September 12, 2022 Obtained plant
Agreed on trades with Marcia (DaylilyDazzled).
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