Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Doorakian
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2007
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 29 inches
Bloom size: 7.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 4-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: green with wide purple red picotee edge above green throat
AHS Awards: Stout Silver Medal: Winner 2016, Runner-up 2015
Award of Merit: 2013
Honorable Mention: 2010
RWM: 2013

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: Diploid
Parentage: Emerald Starburst x sdlg
Child plants: 409 child plants

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Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: May 24, 2017
Love this one, new to the garden this year.
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2013-05-28
Photo by floota
Location: Horse Cave, KY  Zone 6b
Date: 2020-06-22
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2018-05-30
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2020-06-02
Photo by floota
Photo by nh4me
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2016-05-19
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2015-05-22
Location: Iowa
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2013-06-07
Location: My garden
Date: 2022-07-14
Location: Maine
Date: 2014-07-21
Planted in May, first bloom.
Location: Vermont
Date: 2022-07-22

from Reed/Murphy garden in Virginia
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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2019-06-04
Photo by Ladylovingdove
Location: Poland, Wrocław; Zone 7a
Location: Jones, OK
Date: 2012
Windswept Farm & Gardens
Photo by Betja
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2017-06-24
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-07-10
In the late afternoon, after a rainy day
Location: My garden, Baltimore MD
Date: 2019-06-20
Location: Hollis NH
Date: July 19, 2022
The Stern Collection
Location: Shady Rest Gardens   Cartersville, GA.
Date: 2013-06-27
Location: Bytom/Poland/
Date: 2016-07-16
Location: Iowa
Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2017-07-20
Photo by Betja
Location: My garden
Date: July-7-2015
Date stamp on photo is wrong
Location: Jones OK,
Date: June 2014
Rose F Kennedy
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2021-05-29
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2016-07-01
Location: My home
Date: 2020-07-12
daylily "rose f. Kennedy"
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2019-06-04
Photo by Ladylovingdove
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-19
Rose f Kennedy
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2014-07-14
Location: Pleasant valley gardens, Ohio
Location: Iowa
Date: 2018-07-05
Location: my 6a Missouri Garden
Date: 2016-06-23
Location: Maine
Photo by LarryR
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2020-06-01
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Location: southern KY
Date: 2022-06-10
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, in South Amana, IA
Date: 2016-06-27

Photo courtesy of Thoroughbred Daylilies
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2015-07-06
Location: Shores of Miserva, my home
Date: 2016-06-28
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2013-05-31
Location: Zone 5b, Chicago suburbs
Date: June 5, 2022
FFE
Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2018-07-27
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2012-05-29
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-05
another beauty
Location: Western NY
Date: 2022-07-22
Location: Jones OK,
Date: June 2014
Rose F Kennedy
Location: Singing Oakes Garden, Blythewood, SC
Date: 2016-06-10
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: May 2021
Morning
Location: Mexico, Missouri 
Date: 2020-06-30
Taken on an overcast morning

Photo courtesy of Thoroughbred Daylilies
Photo by mistyfog
Photo by mistyfog
Location: Koeln,  Germany
Date: 2016

Photo courtesy of MaryAnn Pruden of Lily House
Photo by Ladylovingdove
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2012-06-15
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-04
1st bloom on a new plant this year.
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Date: 2019-06-26
Location: Wood County, TX
Date: 2023-05-24
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2015-07-16
Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01

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Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2012-05-28
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