Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Gates-L.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1994
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 24 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Early
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: red orange self with 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
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Child plants: 10 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: East Tennessee
Comments:
  • Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Jul 18, 2021 11:53 PM concerning plant:
    Reportedly a vendor was selling the yellow with bold eyed 'Helicon' under the name "Bonanza" and this has now became the most commonly found "Bonanza".
    It does not match the description of Lee Gates' Bonanza "red orange self with green throat",
    or the Bonanza by Ferrick from 1954 "orange yellow self.
    See discussion thread here:
    The thread "Bonanza/Helicon confusion" in Daylilies forum
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