Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Gentle Shepherd') in the Daylilies Database

Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Yancey
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1980
Foliage type:	Semi-evergreen
Scape height:	29 inches
Bloom size:	5 inches
Bloom time:	Early midseason
Plant Traits:	Diurnal
Fertility:	Pod Fertile Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits:	Self
Bloom Form:	Single
Color description:	near white self with yellow green throat
AHS Awards:	Award of Merit: 1987 Honorable Mention: 1984 JC: 1981

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
Flower Color:	White
Propagation: Seeds:	Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Ploidy:	Diploid
Parentage:	sdlg x sdlg
Child plants:	109 child plants

Common names

Daylily

'Gentle Shepherd' was a featured
Plant of the Day for July 26, 2016.

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Location: Repentigny (Montreal), Quebec
Date: 2014-07-23

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Location: My Gardens
Date: July 10, 2014
Close Up View

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Location: My Gardens
Date: July 2011
A Winner Always: Gentle Shepherd

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Location: My Gardens
Date: July 12, 2017
In Light Shade

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Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2016-07-08

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Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2005-08-01

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Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.

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Location: My Gardens
Date: July 2011
Shown In Early Sun.

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Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: Jul 27, 2011 3:01 PM

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Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 6/3/21
Morning

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Location: My Gardens
Date: July 2009
Always Special Here!

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Location: My Gardens
Date: July 2009
Pristine & Perfect

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Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-08-06

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Location: Waldoboro Maine
Date: 2019-07-31

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-07-11
"Hemerocallis 'Gentle Shepherd', 2015, Near White Daylily, hem-ur

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Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-25
Photo taken on a day with searing sun and 90+ heat. Gentle Shephe

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Location: My Gardens
Date: July 10, 2013
Very Appropriate Name

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Posted with permission and photographed by Jim Healey http://www.

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Location: Northville, MI
Date: 2022-07-25

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Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2014-07-28
Gentle Shepherd

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: Mid Summer

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Location: Western North Carolina
Date: June 2011

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Location: My Gardens
Date: July 2009
Special Plant In My Gardens

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Date: 2011-08-19
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission

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Photo Courtesy of A-1 Daylilies. Used with Permission.

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Location: 91154 Roth, Germany
Date: 2018-06-16
Here more cream coloured than white.

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Photo Courtesy of Nottawasaga Daylilies. Used with Permission.

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Location: Hamilton, Ohio
Date: 2016-06-27

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Courtesy of Peace on Earth Gardens Used with permission

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Location: Indiana Zone 5
Date: late April
newly emerging in spring

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Location: My garden in Northwest Missouri
Date: 2010-06-27

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Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.

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Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission

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Uploaded by robertduval14

Date: 1999-07-01
Image courtesy of Archway Daylily Gardens Used with permission

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Photo Courtesy of Lilywood Farms. Used with Permission.

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Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
Photo by Gail Morgan of BX Creek Daylilies. Used with permission.

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Comments:

Posted by bxncbx (NYC - Zone 7a) on Feb 21, 2018 9:43 AM concerning plant:

As a semi-evergreen, Gentle Shepherd is not particularly happy in my garden. It seems to bloom every other year and has not increased much. The flowers are a creamy white. The scapes are short for me and the bud count has been very low. Overall I have been disappointed in this plant. It is in a large raised bed where it gets lots of midday sun. I was recently told by a hybridizer that GS is not a good plant for my area. I'm inclined to agree.

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Posted by DogsNDaylilies (SE Michigan - Zone 6a) on Jul 29, 2015 10:21 AM concerning plant:

Gentle Shepherd is probably my whitest white (I purchased it the day I took this photo). It starts out a little creamier in the morning and bleaches nicely into a whiter color. Its scapes aren't particularly strong, but are strong enough to support it standing straight up without bending or waving around too much.

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Plant Events from our members
Seedfork	On September 12, 2018	Maintenance performed Plant was overrun with huge clump of grass. Dug and separated the clump.
Seedfork	On May 14, 2018	Bloomed First bloom of the season on this plant.
Seedfork	On April 15, 2018	Miscellaneous Event First scape on this plant this year.
Seedfork	On May 7, 2017	Bloomed First blooms of the season on this plant
Seedfork	On April 15, 2017	Miscellaneous Event First scape ever on this plant in my garden.
Seedfork	On March 28, 2016	Obtained plant Ballard Daylily Garden Slocomb, Al. $5.00
CottageGardener	On June 22, 2016	Obtained plant
KJMarionGallant	On July 22, 2018	Bloomed
SkirtGardener	On June 8, 2020	Obtained plant

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What is your whitest Daylily? by MaryDurtschi	Nov 27, 2020 1:40 PM	1

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