I received this daylily from Ginny as a bonus plant in 2016 and it does not disappoint! I even had a cousin drop by last year to pick out some daylilies for her garden and as soon as she say Kathy Perkins, she wanted it:) Oh how I hated to try to dig out a double fan around it, but the clump has recovered very well and has even grown more.
I just checked and it is 12 fans strong now with a couple fans growing away from the clump. No scapes right now, but I expect to see them any day. With the crazy weather this year, who knows.
As an aside, I am growing four of Ginny Pearce's intros and every single one of them performs beautifully in my garden!
'Kathy Perkins' scapes are nice and sturdy and are bud-builders. It is registered at 32" tall and I believe it is right at that height for me. It starts blooming at the end of June and goes until mid-late July, a solid 5 weeks of blooms in my zone 6b garden. I don't think I have ever had rebloom on it, but maybe that will change now that I have been using fertilizer in my garden.
This picture was taken July 14, 2019 and shows the scapes. Most are 3-way, but I believe the one on the right in front is 5-way and I am sure I get around 20-22 buds. Take a look at Ginny's pictures of scapes on her website:
http://www.gardenpathperennial...
I took this picture around 6am one morning just because I had to go to work. I I call it my "artistic pic". It gets shaded by the house in the morning, so it is not an early morning opener (EMO) for me. But I just love this picture!
A few days later around 9am. A classic beauty
It makes a beautiful bouquet and this picture is in the early evening on 6/29/20, two days after I gave my cousin a piece of it. This is why she wanted it! I still can't believe I let her have some of it at peak bloom. And it is right next to where people park in the driveway... maybe I should put it in the back garden, lol
I keep Kathy Perkins in a shadier part of my garden than she deserves. The intent was to move her to a better spot, but she actually does pretty well in the spot I have her. The dayliliy next to her has only bloomed three times in five years. Kathy has never failed to give me 10 or 12 blooms per scape. Shade, Drought, Soggy from too much rain. Doesn't seem to matter to Kathy. I suspect I could double her specs when I move her to a nicer place. I just had a good idea for a swap for her next year that will work out well, so ask again in three years. 
