Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Pandora's Box') in the Daylilies Database

Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Talbott
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1980
Foliage type:	Evergreen
Scape height:	19 inches
Bloom size:	4 inches
Bloom time:	Early midseason
Plant Traits:	Rebloom Diurnal
Rust Resistance:	Shows Susceptibility
Rust Resistance Decimal Score:	2.8
Bloom Traits:	Eye or Band
Bloom Form:	Single
Color description:	cream with purple eyezone and green throat
AHS Awards:	Award of Merit: 1987 Honorable Mention: 1984 JC: 1980 ATG: 1987

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds:	Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Ploidy:	Diploid
Parentage:	(Prairie Blue Eyes x Moment of Truth) x (Apparition x Moment of Truth)
Child plants:	25 child plants

Common names

Daylily

'Pandora's Box' was a featured
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Location: Little Garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY
Date: 2008-07-11

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Location: Porch garden
Date: 2005-0714
Pandora's Box gave us over 2,000 blooms one summer. It expands wi

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Location: My front yard day lily bed zone 9
Date: 2021-05-25
One of my rebloomers in my front rebloomer bed

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Date: 2015-07-05

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Date: 2023-07-18

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Date: July 12, 2014
In Partial Shade

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 6, 2020

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Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2011-06-22

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Location: Dreamy Daylilies - Chatham-Kent, Ontario 5b

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Location: My garden
Date: 06-15-2021
First bloom this year. Love the color contrast.

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Location: Burlington, NC
Date: 2018-06-12
Pandora's Box

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Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2016-01-17

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Location: My garden, Pequea, PA 17565
Date: 2016-07-04

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Location: My garden, Grapevine, TX
Date: June 2017

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Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 16 July 2021
Pandora's Box, close-up

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Date: July 2011
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Date: 2014-07-03

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Location: Stone Mountain,GA
Date: 2015-06-14
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Date: July 6, 2017
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Location: Buford, Georgia
Date: 2019-06-13
Planted late 2018, First blooms in June 2019

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Location: My Greenwood, MN garden
Date: 2016-07-01

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Location: La Crescenta, CA
Date: 2017-06-20

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Location: Mid-Missouri, USA
Date: 2020-07-11

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Date: 2003-07-07
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Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-07-29
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Pandora's Box')

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Location: Burlington, NC
Date: 2022-06-17

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Location: Northville, MI
Date: July 8, 2022, 10:20 AM

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Location: Mountain City, Texas
Date: 2014

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Location: Youngsville, LA
Date: 2017-06-12
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Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-06-25

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Date: 2016-06-11
First bloom on Pandora's Box purchased in April 2017

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Location: Knoxville, TN
Date: 2014-06-28

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Date: 6-22-2021
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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-03
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Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2012-06-13

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Location: Naperville, IL
Date: 2013-07-09

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Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Date: 2019-05-23

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Location: Northville, MI
Date: July 13, 2020, 4:20 PM

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-06-02

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Location: Mexico, Missouri
Date: 2016-06-19

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Location: My backyard in Allentown, PA
Date: 17 July 2016
Close-up at high noon on a hot 17 July 2016.

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Location: my front yard
Date: 2015-07-22

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Location: Greenwood, MN
Date: 2015-07-08

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Location: My Cape Cod garden
Date: 2020-07-13

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Location: Hamilton, Ohio
Date: 2016-06-27

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Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-07-17
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Pandora's Box')

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Location: My Garden, Zone 6a
Date: 8-2008

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Location: My Garden, Zone 6a
Date: 2012-07-06

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Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-07-23

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Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-08-02

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Date: 2022-07-27

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Date: 2022-08-05

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Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-07-26

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Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2006-06-19

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Location: Dreamy Daylilies - Chatham-Kent, Ontario 5b
Date: 2013-07-22

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-07-02

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Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2023-07-20

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Date: 2001-07-16
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Location: My Garden, Zone 6a
Date: 2012-07-02

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Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-08-03

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Location: Manchester, PA
Date: 2023-07-11
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Comments:

Posted by Joy (Kalama, Wa. - Zone 8b) on Dec 3, 2011 6:41 AM concerning plant:

Cream with purple eyezone and green throat.
Very susceptible to rust.
Very hardy and vigorous cream to near white with beautifully contrasting rich purple-violet eyezone. High bud count and long season of bloom, but the scapes have to be cleaned of spent flowers regularly as they are clustered a bit too close together in a multiple top cluster and stick and readily fuse together. Probably best in containers or as an edging plant to a larger planting, positions where the spent flowers could be easily picked. Growth excellent and lush, and the flowers are showy and beautiful.

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Posted by Anndixon on Jul 20, 2016 2:58 PM concerning plant:

I like this daylily so much more when it is planted in partial shade. The petals are more yellow when planted in full sun.

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Posted by Anndixon on Jul 3, 2017 8:02 AM concerning plant:

I wasn't too crazy about this daylily when I first planted it. The white was too yellow. Then I moved it to a shadier spot and I love it. The white is white, not yellow.

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Posted by tabbycat (Youngsville, LA - Zone 9b) on Jun 10, 2018 7:39 AM concerning plant:

It's my favorite in the contrasting 'Eye' category. The colors really brighten up a darker area and stand out well with darker foliage plants. Mine bloomed all of May and now into June. As they multiply I intend to make a row of them as I think it will make a striking statement.

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Plant Events from our members
Pat236	On June 15, 2023	Bloomed First bloom of the season on plants in the patio pot. The bloom is down in the foliage.
Pat236	On June 25, 2020	Bloomed First bloom this season.
Pat236	On May 12, 2019	Miscellaneous Event Moved from the front bed to the patio pot.
Pat236	On June 18, 2018	Bloomed Blooming everyday for the past two weeks.
Pat236	On June 14, 2018	Bloomed Started blooming a few days ago. Some of the scapes are much taller this year.
Pat236	On June 6, 2017	Bloomed First bloom this season.
rolliekins	On July 3, 2020	Bloomed
Friesfan1	On October 19, 2016	Miscellaneous Event Have had this plant quite awhile. Never had any nice blooms from it. I had one bloom a couple of years ago. Moved this plant to a new location.
CiCi	On June 16, 2023	Bloomed
CiCi	On June 17, 2022	Bloomed
UncleWill	On October 19, 2018	Miscellaneous Event No blooms this year
tabbycat	On May 7, 2023	Cuttings stuck 1st bloom of 2023
tabbycat	On July 12, 2022	Bloomed Reblooming a few more flowers
tabbycat	On May 25, 2022	Bloomed 1st for 2022 in west bed & west of sidewalk rebloomers same day
tabbycat	On May 23, 2021	Bloomed
tabbycat	On May 25, 2019	Bloomed 1st flowers of 2019.
kertle62	On June 29, 2021	Bloomed
DeweyRooter	On July 22, 2020	Obtained plant Received plant from Oakes Daylilies. Planted in bed next to first one.
DeweyRooter	On March 10, 2020	Obtained plant Received plant from Oakes Daylilies. Planted in bed.

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