Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Williams-J.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1985
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 30 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Early
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Rust Resistance: Shows Resistance
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 1.5
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: black red self with yellow green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1989

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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Dominic x sdlg
Child plants: 23 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: Radford Virginia
Date: 2021-07-03
Hard for me to get a true image of how dark and velvety it is. Lo
Photo by GaNinFl
Location: Radford Virginia
Date: 2021-07-19
Night Wings always looks awesome at the end of the day. Here at 8
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2019-08-23
Location: Canton, OH
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2011-07-30
NIGHT WINGS

Photo Courtesy of Daredevil Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Location: My Yard

Date: 2008-07-08
Location: My Yard, zone 6
Location: My garden
Date: 7-19-2020
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2009-06-24
NIGHT WINGS
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2017-05-14
Location: My Yard
Location: My Yard, zone 6

Photo Courtesy of Wynn's Daylily Garden. Used with Permission
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Location: Cheryl Fox garden in Ct.
Date: 2015-07-18

Posted with permission and photographed by Loris Garrett  http://
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Location: My Yard, zone 6
Date: 2016-07-09
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-07-17
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-07-08
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2016-06-10
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2017-05-11
Location: Perfect Perennials garden ; York, PA
Date: 2010-6-26

Photo Courtesy of Alcovy Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.
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Location: kitchener
Date: 2015-08-04
Location: central Md, zone 6
Date: 2011-07-10
Location: Currumbin Valley Qld Australia
Date: 2021-11-24
FFE and not long after I bought it
Location: Canton, OH
Date: 2019-07-10
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2018-05-13
Night Wings first bloom on this plant this year.

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Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2009-07-17
Location: Knoxville, TN

Photo Courtesy of Wynn's Daylily Garden. Used with Permission
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Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2018-07-12
Another one I had to wait 3 years to see bloom.

Photo Courtesy of Floral and Hardy Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: Currumbin Valley Qld Australia
Date: 2021-11-28
my plant hasn't yet been tested under our usually searing summer
Location: My Yard
Date: 2015-06-19
New transplant this year

Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2020-06-02

Photo Courtesy of Eclectic Gardens. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of QB Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by petemclaughlin (Canton, Ohio - Zone 6a) on Mar 9, 2023 7:57 PM concerning plant:
    I have seen this plant listed as both diploid and tetraploid. Its parent is listed as a Tet, so that is more likely for this plant.
Plant Events from our members
Seedfork On May 13, 2018 Bloomed
First bloom on this plant for the year.
Seedfork On April 19, 2018 Miscellaneous Event
First scape on this plant this year.
Seedfork On May 1, 2017 Bloomed
First bloom on this plant this season
Seedfork On April 14, 2017 Miscellaneous Event
First scape on this plant for the season.
Seedfork On April 26, 2016 Miscellaneous Event
Observed first scape
Seedfork On April 3, 2015 Obtained plant
GaNinFl On May 12, 2017 Bloomed
GaNinFl On May 24, 2016 Bloomed
GaNinFl On September 13, 2015 Potted up
(Preparations for the move, in October...)
Friesfan1 On May 10, 2023 Obtained plant
Obtained 4 fans from Mike Kitts. $10 each. Want a large clump of this dark one.
DeweyRooter On March 11, 2024 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
Plant did not return
DeweyRooter On April 21, 2022 Obtained plant
Received 3F from Sterrett Gardens. Planted in large driveway bed.
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