Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Stamile
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2007
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 28 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Early Morning Opener (EMO)
Bud Count: 36-40
Branching: 6-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: cream with orchid plum eye and edge above green gold throat

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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Rock Solid x Sue Brown
Child plants: 18 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

'Rock Candy' was a featured
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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-07-09
Rock Candy
Location: University City, Missouri, zone 6
Date: June 16, 2010
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2016-05-25
Location: Z:5 
Date: 2017-07-11
Location: Z:5 
Date: 2016-07-05
Location: Singing Oakes Garden, Blythewood, SC
Date: 2019-06-05
Late Morning Image
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 16, 2022

Date: 2009-03-09
Courtesy of Shaw's Sunshine Gardens
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Photo courtesy of Bill Jarvis
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2017-06-20
Location: my zone 4a garden
Date: 2016-07-19
Location: Singing Oakes Garden, Blythewood, SC
Date: 2019-06-05
Late Morning Image
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2016-06-01
Blooms are very consistent from cooler weather to hot weather
Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
Photo by Gail Morgan of BX Creek Daylilies. Used with permission.
Uploaded by shive1
Location: Rhode Island
Date: 2013-07-08
Location: Private garden, Lititz, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-07-11
Location: Southern Indiana
Date: Early morning.  June 2022

Photo Courtesy of Something New Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: Singing Oakes Garden, Blythewood, SC
Date: 2016-08-05
Comments:
  • Posted by Zoia (Stoneham MA - Zone 6b) on Dec 2, 2021 10:26 PM concerning plant:
    Complete Rust Bucket during the great infestation of 2021

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