Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Hansen
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1990
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Midseason-Late
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Rust Resistance: Shows Resistance
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 1.0
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: lavender with variegated violet blue eyezone and emerald throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1994

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: Surf x Ruffled Ivory
Child plants: 14 child plants

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Date: 2014-07-01
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Date: 2004-07-23

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Location: northern california zone 9b
Date: 2013-07-01
Sings the Blues
Location: northern california zone 9b
Date: 2013-07-01
Sings the Blues - pollen on FFO was not viable but improved on th

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Location: southern KY
Date: 6/28/2019
Location: northern california zone 9b
Date: 2013-10-13
Sings the Blues
Location: Northern California Zone 9b
Date: 2014-06-17 at 7 am 67 degrees in full sun.
Sings the Blues scape. 7 am, 67 degrees, full sun.

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Location: Friend's garden, MI
Date: 2006-07-21
Location: northern california zone 9b
Date: 2013-07-01
Sings the Blues foliage in 9b garden
Location: northern california zone 9b
Date: 2013-05-06
Sings the Blues foliage in 9b pot

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Date: 2007-07-17
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Date: 2010-03-27
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Plant Events from our members
Seedfork On June 5, 2019 Bloomed
First bloom on this plant for the season.
Seedfork On August 22, 2018 Bloomed
Reblooming in my garden
Seedfork On June 2, 2018 Bloomed
FFO
Seedfork On May 21, 2018 Miscellaneous Event
First scape on this plant this year.
Seedfork On September 5, 2017 Maintenance performed
Moved from the bog bed to a dryer location inside the fence.
Seedfork On June 6, 2017 Bloomed
First bloom ever in the garden
Seedfork On July 7, 2015 Obtained plant
Purchased from Peace On Earth Gardens
beckygardener On October 4, 2015 Transplanted
Planted in raised bed.
beckygardener On July 15, 2015 Obtained plant
Received double fan from Peace on Earth Nursery. Potted up.
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