Background history:
"Tuscawilla Tigress" is a semi-evergreen tetraploid introduced in 1988 by Ra Hansen. Her son, Dan, and her cultivars can be seen at Ladybug Daylilies in Geneva, Florida:
http://www.ladybugdaylilies.co...
Bellee Ra Hansen, 69, passed away on Feb. 15, 1999. Some of her hybridizing "letters" can be read on Dan's website:
http://www.ladybugdaylilies.co...
And I also found an old new article about her and her gardens! :
http://articles.orlandosentine...
A video by her son, Dan can be seen on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
This cultivar can be found in the ATP Plant Database:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Tuscawilla Tigress')
According to the ATP database, this is an early to midseason extended bloomer with possible rebloom. It has a 2.3 rust resistance rating. AHS awards for this cultivar include: Award of Merit: 1996, Honorable Mention: 1992. It is both pod and pollen fertile. Tuscawilla Tigress has 18 registered children:
http://garden.org/plants/paren...
Please join in, if you own this plant! We would love to know more! (I award an acorn for performance information posted on this thread.)
Also, please consider adding a "Local Report" to the ATP Plant Database!!! Thank you!
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Tuscawilla Tigress')
