Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Gossard
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2013
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 35 inches
Bloom size: 9 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 4-way
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: lavender pink with a huge blue purple eyezone, throat is very green with a starburst pattern
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2019
Honorable Mention: 2016

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: (Heavenly Pink Butterfly x ((Joseph's Coat x Elfin Etching) x Spirited Style)) x ((Kaleidoscope Effect x Smoke Scream) x (Magic Maker x (Smoke Scream x Morphin Time)))
Child plants: 24 child plants

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Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: Spring 2021
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2020-06-08
Location: 2O15 AHS Convention GA
Date: 2015-06-25
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Location: My garden in Lake Elmo, MN
Date: 2019-08-05
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Date: June 27, 2021
Exotic Starfish
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Date: 2023-06-27
Exotic Starfish
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: May,2021
2nd year in my garden..it gets better & better!
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: June18,2020
1st bloom, just planted 2 months ago..small, but Spectacular
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Date: July 2020
Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2021-07-13
Location: North Carolina
Date: 2022-07-11
Exotic Starfish
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2018-06-24

Date: 2015-06-23
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Location: North East Iowa
Date: 2020-07-14
Location: southern KY
Date: 2020-06-10
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Date: 2022-06-30
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Date: 2019-06-30

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Date: 2014-06-22
Location: North East Iowa
Date: 2019-07-22
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2018-07-05
Love it
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Date: 2020-06-27
Location: Decatur. IL
Date: July 6, 2023
Location: In my Garden / Germany
Date: 2017-07-08
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Date: 2022-07-07

Date: 2021-07-19
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Date: 2017-07-20

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Date: 2017-06-29
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Date: 2020-06-10

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Date: 2022-07-03

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Date: 2020-06-12

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Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-26
another poly!
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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-07-06
Location: Latvia
Date: 2023-06-28
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