Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Salter-E.H.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1996
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 18 inches
Bloom size: 2.75 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: mauve with silver frost eyezone and green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2001
DFM: 2002

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
Child plants: 16 child plants

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Location: Koeln,  Germany
Date: 2013
Location: Jones OK,
Date: June 2015
Morrie Otte
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Location: northern california zone 9b
Date: 2013-06-27
Morrie Otte close up of pollen
Location: northern california zone 9b
Date: 2013-06-27
Morrie Otte side view with buds

Date: 2010-06-05

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Location: Zone 9b
Date: 2014-06-08
Morrie Otte bloom.
Location: northern california zone 9b
Date: 2013-08-27
Morrie Otte with root system.
Location: northern california zone 9b
Date: 2013-08-27
Morrie Otte offshoot on a shared crown (needed slicing to divide)

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Location: northern california zone 9b
Date: 2013-06-27
Morrie Otte blooms
Location: northern california zone 9b
Date: 2013-05-03
Morrie Otte foliage

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Date: 2005-07-02
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Location: Northern California Zone 9b
Date: 2014-06-20 at 7:30 am, 67 degrees, partial shade.
Morrie Otte scape, 7:30 am, 67 degrees, partial shade.

Date: 2009-04-26
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