Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Norris-R.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2005
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 33 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bud Count: 16-20
Branching: 3-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: yellow with orange overlay above green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2008

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: ((Lights of Detroit x When I Dream) x (Lights of Detroit x When I Dream)) x Special Invitation
Child plants: 53 child plants

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  • Daylily

'Substantial Evidence' was a featured
Plant of the Day for October 31, 2018.
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Location: home garden VA
Date: 2018-07-03
SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2019-07-13
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2016-07-18
SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
Location: SE Michigan (taken at Along the Fence Daylilies, Dansville, MI)
Date: 2015-07-25
11AM
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2020-06-18
Location: Huron County, MI
Date: 2023-08-06
Location: Huron County, MI
Date: 2023-07-31
darker 2FO
Location: Wood County, Texas
Date: 2021-06-11
Early morning photo
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2023-08-06
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Substantial Evidence') 1st year in gardens
Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2023-07-13
Location: Huron County, MI
Date: 2023-07-31
2FO sunlit @ noon
Location: Koeln,  Germany
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-07-24
Location: 52404
Date: 2017-12-29
Location: photographer's garden - Minnesota
Date: 2015-8-2
not always a bagel... but today it is!
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2017-06-17
Waxy petals recurve greatly, creating a very flat face
Location: Miss Becky's Lily Farm, Carleton, MI
Date: 2007-08-04
Location: Miss Becky's Lily Farm, Carleton, MI
Date: 2007-08-04

Photo Courtesy of Daylily Sweetheart. Used with Permission.
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Location: 52404
Date: 2018-08-05
Location: Koeln,  Germany
Date: 2012
Location: Vermont
Date: 2013-07-21
Location: 2012 National Convention, OH
Date: 2012-07-17
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2021-07-05
Location: Jones, OK
Date: 2012
Windswept Farm & Gardens
Location: Koeln,  Germany
Date: 2016
Location: Newberry, SC
Date: 2016-07-01
Location: Huron County, MI
Date: 2023-07-29
FFO
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2021-07-07
Location: Central Ohio, zone 5/6
Date: 2013-07-17

Date: 2012-07-13
Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2023-08-29
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Substantial Evidence') up close

Photo Courtesy of Earlybird Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-08-21
'Substantial Evidence'
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2016-07-02
Location: Vysniauskiene garden, Gabsiai, Lithuania
Date: 2022-07-30
Location: white lake, Michigan
Date: 2016-07-16
Photo by Edvinas
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2017-06-17
Side view of recurved bloom
Location: 52301
Date: 7/10/2022
Location: Miss Becky's Lily Farm, Carleton, MI
Date: 2007-08-04
Location: Chapin, SC
Date: June 2015
First flower open this year.
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2017-07-18
Location: Koeln,  Germany
Date: 2013
Photo by Charlemagne
Location: Along The Fence Daylilies - Dansville, MI
Date: 2016-08-06
10AM
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-07-24

Date: 2009-07-25
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Date: 2010-06-21
Photo Courtesy of Lobo Rose and Daylily Gardens Used With Permiss
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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-07-08
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2017-06-09
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-07-01
Comments:
  • Posted by SunriseSide (Wood Co TX & Huron Co MI) on Aug 6, 2023 4:25 PM concerning plant:
    Registered as diurnal, this plant starts to open around dinner time the evening before in my Huron County, MI, garden, and is fully open before sunrise.
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