Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Allgood
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1971
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom size: 5 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Rust Resistance: Shows Resistance
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 1.0
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Double
Color description: orange gold self with green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 1977
Honorable Mention: 1974
JC: 1971
LAA: 1981
IM: 1976

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Court Herald x sdlg

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  • Daylily

'Prester John' was a featured
Plant of the Day for December 14, 2022.
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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2008-07-27
 4:22 pm. Golden explosion.
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2017-09-11
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2015-07-19
 6:11 pm. A similar colour to the double Condilla, but the petals
Location: Gardenfish garden
Date: June 1 2020
FFE, held up well in the rain

Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Location: Mark's Park (home) zone 6a
Date: 2021-06-28
Prester John has an Interesting form and good color
Location: Estonia
Date: 2021-07-06

Image Courtesy of Canning Daylily Gardens Used with Permission
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Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies

Photo Courtesy of E and B Farm Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Harbour Breezes Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Courtesy of Quarles Daylilies Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Sugar Bay Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2006-06-24
   Photo Courtesy of Manatawny Creek Farm Used With Permission
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Photo Courtesy of QB Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Courtesy American Daylily and Perennials
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Courtesy of Peace on Earth Gardens Used with permission
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Location: Estonia
Date: 2021-07-06
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-06-17
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Plant Events from our members
SunriseSide On December 14, 2022 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
No sign of the plant in summer of 2020
SunriseSide On September 19, 2019 Transplanted
in MI garden
last TX blooms in 2015
DeweyRooter On October 3, 2021 Obtained plant
Received several fans from Oakes Daylilies. Planted in large driveway bed
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