Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Gossard
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2007
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 34 inches
Bloom size: 7.5 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
Toothed or Fringed Edge
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Crispate
Color description: light pink with striking red eye and tooth edge
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2019
Honorable Mention: 2016

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
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: (Raspberry Butterflies x Raspberry Griffin) x (Born Too Late x Crocodile Smile)
Child plants: 13 child plants

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Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2013-05-29
Photo by Lilydaydreamer
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 13, 2021
Location: Topeka garden tour
Date: 2018-06-30
Sleeping green tree frog
Location: Little garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Location: Milton, NY
Date: 2022-07-12
First bloom in my garden
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2015-07-20
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: My house 
Date: 2020-07-21
Daylily "thundercat"
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 21, 2022
LFO

Date: 2019
Location: my garden
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2012-05-06
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2016-05-24
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2018-06-13
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2014-07-25

Photo courtesy of James Gossard of Heavenly Gardens
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2013-07-21
Photo by Lilydaydreamer
Location: 52301
Date: 7/5/2021
First year, first bloom.
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-06-17
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2015-06-24
Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2018-07-21
Photo by Johanvanheusden
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-06-08
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-23
Thundercat
Location: Puyallup,Washington
Date: 2018-07-07

Photo Courtesy of Fairyscape Daylilies. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-06-28
first bloom at a one year old plant.

Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-07-20
Thundercat
Photo by Lilydaydreamer
Photo by jkporter

Photo courtesy of MaryAnn Pruden of Lily House
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-04
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-06-28

Photo Courtesy of Daredevil Daylilies. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2011-07-28
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Comments:
  • Posted by Zoia (Stoneham MA - Zone 6b) on Nov 19, 2021 1:15 PM concerning plant:
    Very rusty during the infestation of 2021
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