Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Whatley
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1995
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 25 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Bloom Traits: Bicolor or Reverse Bicolor
Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: rose and yellow bicolor with yellow band above a light yellow throat

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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Jumble Edge x Sligo
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Location: My Garden
Date: 2014-08-09
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2017-07-17

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Photo courtesy of Michael Bouman of Daylily Lay

Date: 2012-06-18

Photo Courtesy of Keast Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2004-07-01
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Eclectic Gardens. Used with Permission
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Location: Northwestern CT

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Photo Courtesy of Hillside Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Location: Southern Indiana
Date: Early morning.  June 2022
Plant Events from our members
Seedfork On May 25, 2018 Bloomed
First bloom on this plant this year.
Seedfork On May 2, 2018 Miscellaneous Event
First scapes on this plant this year.
Seedfork On May 17, 2017 Bloomed
First boom on this plant for the season.
Seedfork On April 22, 2017 Miscellaneous Event
First scape on this plant for the year.
Seedfork On May 5, 2016 Miscellaneous Event
Observed first scape
Seedfork On April 10, 2015 Miscellaneous Event
First scapes on this plant for this year.
Seedfork On June 18, 2014 Obtained plant
Obtained plant M.M.
Bunilla On July 29, 2016 Obtained plant
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