Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Lambert
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1976
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom size: 9 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Bitone or Reverse Bitone
Halo
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Spatulate
Color description: red and copper bitone with Ruby halo and green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1983
JC: 1978

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
Parentage: (Droednoeth x Lonnie) x Chocolate Pudding
Child plants: 46 child plants

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Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2019-09-10
Late rebloom
Location: Melvindale, Mi. 48122
Date: Mid season 2010
An oldie but goodie!!!
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-07-06
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-07-21
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Open Hearth') moved this year, still bloom
Location: Burlington, NC
Date: 2019-06-15
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-07-29
daylily Open Hearth
Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2014-06-24
as a poly

Date: 2021-06-27
Location: Koeln,  Germany
Date: 2012
Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2014-06-16
just two sepals / petals

Date: 2020-06-28
Location: my garden
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-07-15
Daylily 'Open Hearth'
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2015-06-17
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2023-07-18
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Open Hearth')
Location: Decatur, Illinois 
Date: June 20, 2021
Open Hearth
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-07-07
Location: My Cape Cod garden
Date: 2020-07-06
Location: MY GARDEN
open hearth

Photo courtesy of Bill Jarvis
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: kitchener
Date: 2015-08-03

Date: 2004-07-15
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-25
an Open Hearth poly right above a normal (single) Open Hearth
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: 2017-07-15
Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2019-07-28
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-07-10
Rebloom
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2017-05-12
Often exhibits the poly form
Location: wa
1st bloom
Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
Photo by Gail Morgan of BX Creek Daylilies. Used with permission.
Uploaded by mattsmom
Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2013-06-24
Location: my gardens
Date: 2017-07-04

Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies

Date: 2021-07-13
Location: Koeln,  Germany
Date: 2010
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-25
I was so enamored with this poly, I made sure to take a close-up
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2018-05-19

Photo Courtesy of E and B Farm Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of A La Carte Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Location: Madison, AL
Date: 2023-06-15
Open Hearth

Date: 2004-07-28
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2008-07-20
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Location: Koeln,  Germany
Date: 2010

Posted with permission and photographed by Marianne Joordens http
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Uploaded by Hemlady

Photo Courtesy of Daylily Sweetheart. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Uploaded by Hemlady
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-06-04

Photo Courtesy of Mr. Fancy Plants Daylily Nursery Used with Perm
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Photo Courtesy of 5 Acre Farm Daylilies Used With Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Keast Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
photo by James Steakley
Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2009-07-22
Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 7-2008
Location: Madison, AL
Date: 2023-06-11
Open Hearth
Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2014-08-16
from tet. O.H. (converted version) - very oval

Posted with permission and photographed by Marianne Joordens http
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Photo Courtesy of A-1 Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of May's Acres Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2009-07-17

Photo Courtesy of Walnut Hill Gardens Used With Permission. Unaut
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Location: Kalama, Wa
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Comments:
  • Posted by Hembrain (Maryville, Tennessee - Zone 7a) on Jul 16, 2022 2:23 PM concerning plant:
    Perhaps now that the clump is big enough, here in 7a this plant is showing a decent rebloom on nicely branched scapes. Rebloom starts blooming almost exactly when the last bud finishes.
Plant Events from our members
Seedfork On March 25, 2024 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
Plant did not return this spring.
Seedfork On May 1, 2018 Bloomed
First bloom ever on this plant in my garden.
Seedfork On April 10, 2018 Miscellaneous Event
First scape on this plant for the year.
Seedfork On September 15, 2017 Miscellaneous Event
Moved entire clump back about a foot
Seedfork On May 1, 2017 Miscellaneous Event
First scape on this plant ever in my garden.
Seedfork On April 7, 2017 Obtained plant
Received from In The Neighborhood Daylilies
CiCi On June 6, 2023 Bloomed
CiCi On June 10, 2022 Bloomed
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