Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Big Kiss') in the Daylilies Database

Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Joiner
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1991
Foliage type:	Dormant
Scape height:	28 inches
Bloom size:	5.5 inches
Bloom time:	Midseason
Plant Traits:	Rebloom Diurnal
Fertility:	Pod Fertile Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits:	Eye or Band Diamond Dusted
Bloom Form:	Double
Color description:	light peach with light rose eyezone above light green throat
AHS Awards:	Award of Merit: 2005 Honorable Mention: 2002

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 Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds:	Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Ploidy:	Diploid
Parentage:	Dublin Elaine x Frances Joiner
Child plants:	35 child plants

Common names

Daylily

'Big Kiss' was a featured
Plant of the Day for October 1, 2015.

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Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2018-08-18
The bloom is almost a cream, rather than peach, in the cooler wea

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Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-08-26
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Big Kiss')

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Location: My Caffeinated Garden, Grapevine, TX
Date: 2019-06-12
Beautiful Colors.

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Location: Philo, California
Date: 2021-08-10
in pot on deck

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Location: Perennial Plant Peddler, Findlay, OH
Date: 2022-07-29

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Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2023-08-06
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Big Kiss') up close

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Location: Eufaula, Alabama
Date: 2022-06-08
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Location: North Carolina
Date: 2022-07-04
Big Kiss

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Location: Mexico, Missouri
Date: 2021-06-24

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Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-08-07
'Big Kiss' buds

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Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: June 24,2020
Pictured with Parade of Peacocks

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2015-07-23
First year in my garden; first bloom.

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Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies

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Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-08-08
'Big Kiss' threw a single bloom

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Location: Melvindale, Mi. 48122
Date: Mid to late season 2011.
A nice tall plant!!!

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Date: 2005-08-11
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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2017-07-23

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Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2019-06-28
Big Kiss decided she was thru with doubling today! Still spectacu

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Location: My garden, North Central Idaho
Date: 7-12-2015

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Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada
Date: 2015-07-22

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Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2020-06-22

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Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: June25,2019
Wonderful large blooms! 32"tall

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Location: Arkansas Zone 8
Date: 2011-06-22
Big Kiss

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Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
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Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: June28,2019
Big Kiss..as a single & background in her Glorious double! Parade

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Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: June 23,2019

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Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2009-07-01

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Location: Naperville, IL
Date: July 2020

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Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2016-08-09
late bloomer

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Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada
Date: 2015-07-22
not as full as usual

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Location: Waynesboro MS
Date: 2007-06-21

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Location: The Lily Farm near Center, Texas
Date: 2015-06-10

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Comments:

Posted by SCButtercup (Simpsonville SC - Zone 7b) on Aug 24, 2014 5:40 AM concerning plant:

Tall and proud, this Daylily really stands out for its double blossoms and overall vigor. In my zone 8 garden this is the fastest-spreading variety I own. I was surprised because I thought a fancy double flower would make it a finicky plant, but it is easy and showy at the same time.

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Posted by bxncbx (NYC - Zone 7a) on Mar 23, 2017 2:34 PM concerning plant:

Big Kiss did not do well in my zone 6 garden last year due to drought. Although it bloomed, it had far fewer blooms than the previous year. It definitely performs much better when regularly watered and fertilized. In 2016, most of my midseason or later bloomers performed poorly due to our drought.

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Plant Events from our members
Lilydaydreamer	On September 23, 2018	Maintenance performed Divided
Lilydaydreamer	On May 2, 2015	Miscellaneous Event Divided home plant
chelle	On October 1, 2014	Transplanted Mum hugel bed next to Sweetshrub.
gardenglassgems	On May 15, 2015	Obtained plant Planted along the fence in the Vegetable Raised Bed Garden.
mom2cjemma	On September 9, 2019	Transplanted
mom2cjemma	On July 1, 2019	Obtained plant
SunriseSide	On June 4, 2020	Obtained plant

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