Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Carr
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1992
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 30 inches
Bloom size: 5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: near black self with green gold throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1996

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: Midnight Magic x Gentle Dragon
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Location: Lincoln NE (5b)
Date: 2019-07-06
Location: Wood County, TX
Date: 2023-06-01
Location: Taken in my garden
Date: 2011-06-04

Date: 2014-06-25
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Location: Horseheads, NY
Date: 2021-07-17
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2016-07-06

Date: 2013-06-29
Location: Villa Park, IL
Date: 2020-07-06
Location: Lowndesboro AL
Date: 2014-06-07

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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-07-21
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Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2020-07-02
Location: Friend's garden, MI
Date: 7-2008
Location: Friend's garden, MI
Date: 7-2008

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Location: Murfreesboro TN
Date: 2023-06-17
Smith Brothers, McGray Garden
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2006-06-15
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2006-06-24

Date: 2008-07-05
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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2013-07-03
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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-06-29
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Location: Roby, TX 
Date: June 11,2013
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Location: Naperville, IL
Date: June 2022
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-06-18
Location: Naperville, IL
Date: June 2021
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2006-06-15

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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
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Date: 2006-06-24
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Date: 2020-05-22

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2006-06-15

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