Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Stamile
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1990
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 21 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Rust Resistance: Shows Susceptibility
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 5.0
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Bicolor or Reverse Bicolor
Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: white and pink bicolor edged gold with green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 1999
Honorable Mention: 1996
JC: 1990

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: Wedding Band x (Pink Scintillation x sdlg)
Child plants: 329 child plants

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  • Daylily

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   Photo Courtesy of Ellies Daylilies Used with Permission
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Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 2018-07-18
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Location: Manhattan, KS
Date: Jul 8, 2010 5:10 PM
Admiral's Braid

Photo courtesy of Bill Jarvis
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Photo Courtesy of May's Acres Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: Maine
Date: 2016-08-04

Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
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Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2010-07-29
1st year bloom
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Location: Macleay Island, Queensland, Australia.

Courtesy of Shaw's Sunshine Gardens
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Location: white lake, Michigan
Date: 2014-07-31

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Island Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.
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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2012-07-23
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Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
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Location: My garden in zone 5/6 Indiana. 
Date: 7/10/14

Photo Courtesy of Spring Fever Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Comments:
  • Posted by Joy (Kalama, Wa. - Zone 8b) on Jul 14, 2013 10:59 PM concerning plant:
    Admiral's Braid opens well on cool mornings, which makes it a good daylily cultivar for the PNW or other cooler regions.

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