Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Bryant-E.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1974
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 18 inches
Bloom size: 4 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: near white self with green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1980

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
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Quiet Moon x Call to Remembrance
Child plants: 2 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2011-06-20
Snow Elf was still blooming in late June that year.  This is one
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2015-06-07
Always my first daylily to bloom, Snow Elf is very fragrant as we
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2008-06-17
Three houses ago, back in the day when I had roses galore and onl
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2017-05-26
On average, this is the date on which Snow Elf opens for the firs
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2018-05-24
Always a light in the early spring garden
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2019-05-29
Last year's May 29 FFO was pretty late.  I love how the yellow th
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2018-05-20
Plants with 12-day old scapes. Two years ago, as usual, 'Snow Elf

Photo Courtesy of Tranquil Lake Nursery. Used with Permission
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