Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Stamile
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2008
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 32 inches
Bloom size: 8 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Early Morning Opener (EMO)
Bud Count: 46 & over
Branching: 7-way
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Crispate
Color description: green blend above green throat

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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Frog's Eye x ((sdlg x Tet. Green Widow) x Tet. Desert Icicle)
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Location: Iowa
Date: 2023-07-02
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-06-20
Location: Carleton Place, Ontario Canada
Date: 2020-07-09
same date as previous photo except at 2:30 pm
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Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2022-06-15
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Date: 2020-06-26

Date: 2008-09-22
Photo courtesy of Pat Stamile
Location: Carleton Place, Ontario Canada
Date: 2020-07-09
Taken 5:15 am before sunrise.
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Location: My garden, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Date: summer, 2022
Location: white lake, Michigan
Date: 2015-07-09
Location: Iowa
Location: Fort Worth TX
Date: 2009-06-03
Daylily \"Mint Octopus\"
Location: Iowa
Date: 2018-06-21
Location: Carleton Place, Ontario Canada
Date: 2016-07-03
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Location: Granby
Date: 2016-01-17
Mint Octopus
Location: Central MD zone 6
Date: 2014-06-22
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Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2022-06-15
Location: Manchester, PA
Date: 2020-06-26
Location: Early morning before daylight
Date: December 2013
By flashlight
Location: Fort Worth TX
Date: 2011-05-11
Daylily \"Mint Octopus\"
Location: white lake, Michigan
Date: 2017-06-27
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2012-04-26

Photo courtesy of Harmon Hill Farm
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Location: Uazzo Gardens, North Italy
Date: 13 June 2020
Mint Octopus in front of White Hydrangea
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Location: Granby
Date: 2016-01-17
Mint Octopus
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Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2013-05-10
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Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2013-05-31
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Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
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Location: Ukraine
Date: 2016-06-25
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Location: Granby
Date: 2016-01-17
Mint Octopus

Date: 2009-04-30
Posted with permission and photographed by Loris Garrett  http://
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Photo Courtesy of Wynn's Daylily Garden. Used with Permission
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