Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Salter
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2002
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 30 inches
Bloom size: 6.5 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 31-35
Branching: 5-way
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: lavender with dark purple eye 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 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Mask of Eternity x Barbarian Princess
Child plants: 6 child plants

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'Russian Ragtime' was a featured
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Location: home garden VA
RUSSIAN RAGTIME (j. SALTER 02)
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 9-15-15
Rebloom
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-28
Uploaded by hillbilly
Uploaded by stilldew
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-05-25
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: May 2021
Morning
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: May 2021
Morning
Uploaded by stilldew

Posted with permission and photographed by Loris Garrett  http://
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Photographed on a garden tour in Ohio
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-06-29
Uploaded by Newyorkrita
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: May 2021
Morning
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: May 2021
Morning
Uploaded by Newyorkrita
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 9-15-15
28 buds on rebloom scape

Image Courtesy of Canning Daylily Gardens Used with Permission
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In a friend's garden.

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Uploaded by Newyorkrita
Uploaded by stilldew
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-06-28

Photo Courtesy of Woods Daylily Gardens, Au. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 8, 2013 2:45 PM concerning plant:
    I bought Russian Ragtime from Maryott's years ago and it has been blooming faithfully in my garden ever since. I have even moved it around. No problem. It doesn't skip a beat. Just keeps right on blooming.
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