Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Brown-E.C.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1989
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 29 inches
Bloom size: 5.25 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rust Resistance: Shows Resistance
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 1.7
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: deep purple self with green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1994

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
Parentage: Jim Watson x Super Purple
Child plants: 5 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Zone 9b
Date: 2017-06-19
Purple Rain Dance 7 am 87 degrees
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-06-08
Earlier in the morning
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2021-05-28

Date: 2008-07-10
Location: Northern California Zone 9b
Date: 2014-06-23 at 6 am
Purple Rain Dance FFO at 6 am.

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2011-07-07
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Courtesy of Peace on Earth Gardens Used with permission
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Photo by Joy
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Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-06-04

Photo Courtesy of Earlybird Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Alcovy Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.
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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI (DKP)
Date: 2009-07-30
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI (DKP)
Date: 2009-07-30
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI (DKP)
Date: 2004-07-23
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-06-05
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-06-05
Location: Northern California Zone 9b
Date: 2014-06-21
Purple Rain Dance pollen.
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2013-06-27
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Date: 2011-07-19
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Location: Northern California Zone 9b
Date: 2014-06-23
Purple Rain Dance scape.
Location: Northern California Zone 9b
Date: 2014-06-26
Purple Rain Dance seed pod.

Courtesy of Quarles Daylilies Used with Permission
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Comments:
  • Posted by OldGardener (So Cal - Zone 10b) on Apr 20, 2013 8:24 PM concerning plant:
    When this daylily increases for me (zone 10), the new fans are farther from the main fan than normal (sends a new fan up to 8" away from the center point).
  • Posted by Joy (Kalama, Wa. - Zone 8b) on Dec 3, 2011 6:53 AM concerning plant:
    Deep purple, saturated purple self with green throat. High bud count. Strongly recurrent. Reblooms.
Plant Events from our members
Seedfork On May 22, 2018 Bloomed
First bloom on this plant for the year.
Seedfork On May 3, 2018 Miscellaneous Event
First scape on this plant for the year.
Seedfork On October 13, 2017 Maintenance performed
Moved this plant to raise it up.
Seedfork On April 27, 2017 Bloomed
First bloom on this plant for the season.
Seedfork On April 22, 2017 Miscellaneous Event
First scape on this plant for the season.
Seedfork On April 15, 2016 Miscellaneous Event
First scape on this plant for the season.
Seedfork On June 17, 2015 Obtained plant
Received from Dragonfly Farms, planted the same day.
beckygardener On December 30, 2017 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
Confirmed that this plant died due to damage from Hurricane Irma.
beckygardener On October 4, 2015 Transplanted
Planted in raised bed.
beckygardener On September 26, 2015 Obtained plant
(Received 4 fans from Carmen (Frillylily).
amberjewel On May 7, 2017 Obtained plant
2 fans acquired from Roycroft Daylily Nursery, planted May 2017
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