Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Stamile
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2006
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 25 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Early
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Early Morning Opener (EMO)
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 3-way
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: orchid rose with black eye and edge 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 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: Rock Solid x Zahadoom
Child plants: 16 child plants

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  • Daylily

'The Band Played On' was a featured
Plant of the Day for April 28, 2017.
Photo Gallery
Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2023-06-22
Photo by mattsmom
Location: My home
Date: 2020-07-25
daylily "the band played on"
Location: Wilmington, DE
Date: 2013-06-27
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-09-23
Photo by jkporter

Date: 2023-07-07
Location: MO garden tour
Date: June 2018

Date: 2011-07-20
Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2020-07-07
Photo by Claudia
Photo by Johanvanheusden
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-22
Photo by farmerbell
Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2022-07-04
Location: phoenix
Date: 2011-06-08
Location: My zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-15
Very beautiful today.
Location: My garden in N IL - zone 5
Date: 2016-06-30
This is one of the first blooms (3 bloomed at one time!) on a 1 y

Date: 2013-07-14

Photo courtesy of Michael Bouman of Daylily Lay
Photo by mattsmom
Photo by Pat236
Location: Northwest Missouri 
Date: Summer 2022
Location: Alabaster, AL
Date: 2021-05-25
Location: Jones OK,
Date: 2019-06-05
The Band Played On

Date: 2013-06-30
Location: Mexico, Missouri 
Date: 2020-06-30
Taken on an overcast morning
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-04

Date: 2020-06-20
Location: phoenix
Date: 2011-05-25
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-05
one of my favorites
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2016-06-02
Location: Northern Germany
Photo by lyle627

Photo courtesy of Bill Jarvis
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2013-07-14
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2015-07-19

Date: 2017-10-25

Date: 2010-06-21
Photo Courtesy of Lobo Rose and Daylily Gardens Used With Permiss
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-08
This a beauty.

Date: 2009-03-09
Courtesy of Shaw's Sunshine Gardens
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2018-07-12

Photo Courtesy of Woods Daylily Gardens, Au. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Photo by mattsmom
Location: My garden
Date: July-7-2015

Photo courtesy Maryott's Gardens. Used with permission.
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2014-08-03

Photo Courtesy of Daylilies of Brookwood. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 23, 2013 12:15 PM concerning plant:
    The Band Played On has not been a great daylily in my garden. Even when I spray for thrips I rarely get an unsplotchy flower, and those splotches really show up on the dark face of this daylily.
Plant Events from our members
fstins1 On September 29, 2011 Obtained plant
Pat236 On September 29, 2023 Obtained plant
Received a very nice four fan clump from Oak Hill Daylilies. Planted in the back bed bottom right slope.
Pat236 On September 1, 2023 Obtained plant
Received two double fans from Dirty Girl on the Lily Auction. Planted both in the side bed.
Pat236 On March 26, 2023 Obtained plant
Won a small double fan from Fourdog on the Lily Auction. Pot planted for now. Removed from pot and planted in the outer flats.
Pat236 On October 6, 2022 Transplanted
Removed from pot and planted in the back bed flats.
Pat236 On September 1, 2022 Obtained plant
Won a double fan from Dirty Girl...pot planted for now.
Pat236 On June 8, 2022 Bloomed
First bloom of the season on plants in the side bed.
Pat236 On May 26, 2021 Bloomed
First bloom of the season on plants in the back bed bottom left slope.
Pat236 On May 7, 2021 Obtained plant
Received two double fans from Star Dreamer Daylilies. Planted three in the back bed slope and one fan in the side bed.
Pat236 On May 15, 2020 Obtained plant
Received a triple fan from Bonnie Nichols. Planted in the side bed.
Pat236 On June 13, 2019 Obtained plant
Received five fans from Carol at Starstreamer Daylilies. Planted all five in the side front bed. Love the saturated colors on this one.
Pat236 On June 9, 2019 Bloomed
Twin blooms today...beautiful!
Pat236 On June 1, 2018 Bloomed
First bloom of the season and it is beautiful....no rain or splotchiness.
Pat236 On May 26, 2017 Bloomed
First bloom ever and it is beautiful...plants received last all from Amy Garden on the Lily Auction.
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