Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Petit
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2005
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: ivory with red eye and double red gold edge above green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2008

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
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Mardi Gras Ball x Only Believe
Child plants: 21 child plants

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  • Daylily

'Lady Betty Fretz' was a featured
Plant of the Day for April 3, 2018.
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Location: Nashville, TN
Date: 2016-07-06
Location: Asheville, NC
Date: 2013-06-17
If you love eyes and edges, this Lady has it all
Location: Southern Indiana
Uploaded by mattsmom
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: June 3rd, 2014
Location: Carleton Place, Ontario Canada
Date: 2018-07-30
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Uploaded by mattsmom
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2016-05-30
Uploaded by mattsmom

Lady Betty Fretz
Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: June 6th, 2014
Location: Chatham-Kent, Ontario   5b
Date: 2013-07-22
Uploaded by mattsmom
Location: My garden in Aurora, Ontario zone 5b
Hemerocallis 'Lady Betty Fretz' 3 flower cluster with H. 'Big Smi
Uploaded by stilldew
Location: University City, Missouri, zone 6
Date: June 14, 2008
Uploaded by DianeSeeds
Location: Bristol, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-06-26
Betty in the morning..what a yellow throat!
Location: Dreamy Daylilies - Chatham-Kent, Ontario   5b
Location: Melvindale, Mi. 48122
Date: 2010 Mid season
Beautiful bloom but plant is a slow grower in my zone.
Uploaded by stilldew
Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2016-07-30
Uploaded by mattsmom

Photo courtesy of Bill Jarvis
Uploaded by stilldew

Date: 2008-03-30
Posted with permission and photographed by Loris Garrett  http://
  • Uploaded by vic
Uploaded by mantisOH

Photo courtesy Maryott's Gardens. Used with permission.

Photo Courtesy of Woods Daylily Gardens, Au. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Bristol, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-06-27
This is a second year plant in our garden-full sun
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