Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Kropf
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1982
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 24 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Double
Color description: cantaloupe self with green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1991

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: Double Harvest Moon x Double Violet Rose
Child plants: 12 child plants

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  • Daylily

'Zella Virginia' was a featured
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Location: Maine
Date: 2022-08-15
Location: Bronx NY
Date: 2018-07-29
Full shade. Very rainy year. Best year ever for blooming. Must lo
Location: Bronx NY
Date: early August 2013
Location: Mandan, ND
Date: 2017-07-15

Photo courtesy of MaryAnn Pruden of Lily House
Uploaded by Edvinas
Location: Garden City, Kansas
Courtesy Robin Calderon, Earlybird Daylilies
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Location: Poland
Date: 2021-07-20
Location: Maine
Date: 2011-08-03
Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2020-07-25
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Uploaded by Edvinas

Date: 2003-07-12
Image courtesy of Archway Daylily Gardens Used with permission
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Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: Private Garden, SE Michigan
Date: 2009-07-30

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Mystic Meadows Daylily Farm. Used with Permissi
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Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2014-07-09

Photo Courtesy of Garden Perennials. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
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Location: Private Garden, SE Michigan
Date: 2009-07-30

Photo Courtesy of Earlybird Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of O'Bannon Springs Daylilies. Used with Permissio
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Photo Courtesy of Daylily Sweetheart. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2004-07-03
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Location: In my garden.
Date: 2012-08-18
Zella Virgina single bloom close-up
Comments:
  • Posted by nutsfordaylily (Mesa, AZ - Zone 9b) on Oct 8, 2012 10:27 AM concerning plant:
    Wonderful, vigorous plant. New for me last year. Seems to be quite vigorous in my zone 6b Massachusetts garden.
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