Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Hudson
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1980
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 16 inches
Bloom size: 3 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: violet plum purple self with lime 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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Lilliputian Knight x Little Lassie
Child plants: 2 child plants

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  • Daylily

'Barbary Corsair' was a featured
Plant of the Day for September 4, 2017.
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Location: Cheryl Fox garden, Ct.
Date: 2015-07-18
Location: Home garden
Date: 2021-07-13
By KYgal
Location: Home garden
Date: 2020-07-17
By KYgal
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-06-14
Location: Garden of eScapes Bellevue KY
Date: 2017-07-10
Location: Home garden
Date: 2020-07-17
By KYgal
Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2016-01-17

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of May's Acres Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-07-29
Branched scape
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-06-17
Wiry, branched scapes and taller than 16" here in 7a

Photo Courtesy of A La Carte Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
Photo by Gail Morgan of BX Creek Daylilies. Used with permission.
Location: SE Michigan (taken at Along the Fence Daylilies, Dansville, MI)
Date: 2015-07-25
11:30AM

Date: 2013-09-21

Photo Courtesy of Harbour Breezes Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Courtesy of Quarles Daylilies Used with Permission
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Image Courtesy of Monches Farm Used with Permission
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Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
Photo by Gail Morgan of BX Creek Daylilies. Used with permission.

Photo Courtesy of Red Lane Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission
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Location: Cheryl Fox garden, Ct.
Date: 2015-07-18

Photo Courtesy of Eclectic Gardens. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Gardens Plus. Used with Permission
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Date: 2006-07-28
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Comments:
  • Posted by adknative (Eagle Bay, New York - Zone 3b) on Apr 7, 2023 6:16 AM concerning plant:
    'Barbary Corsair' was a gift, years ago, included on an order from Oakes Daylilies. It was small, both in bloom and as an overall plant ... 3 inches and 16 inches, respectively, in the stats...

    I planted it into the gardens in a good location, with a full day of direct sun, and into compost (as I do every other plant and all other daylilies in the gardens). It bloomed modestly the first year, but came back in a smaller clump the next year, was barely hanging on the third year... and disappeared altogether at some point thereafter.

    While I do successfully grow many daylilies here in zone 3 that are listed for warmer zones (including zones 5 and even 6), 'Barbary Corsair' did poorly here and then died (one of, literally, only a handful that has ever completely failed here). - As it was a 'gift' (and cost me nothing except time and space) I do not complain - but I would not recommend it for cold northern gardens.
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