Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Moldovan
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1992
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 28 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Early Morning Opener (EMO)
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Watermark
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: dark grape purple with white edging and pale watermark above lemon cream to green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1999

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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Court Magician x Mephistopheles
Child plants: 42 child plants

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Location: University City, Missouri, zone 6
Date: 2005-06-28
Location:  Bronx NY
Date: 2018-07-05
Full shade. Very rainy year!
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2021-07-14
Location: southern KY
Date: 2018-07-03

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In my Mom's garden

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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-06-12

Photographed in Florida
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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2007-07-02
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2011-06-19

Date: 2011-06-20
Photo Courtesy of Mr. Fancy Plants Daylily Nursery Used with Perm
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Photo by blue23rose

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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-06-25
Location: My garden
Date: JULY-12-2016
Location: southern KY
Date: 2019-06-24

Photo Courtesy of Bluegrass Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission
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Location: Hamilton, Ohio
Date: 2016-06-24
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2011-06-17
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2008-06-15

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Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2009-06-30
Dark and impressive!

Photo Courtesy of Mystic Meadows Daylily Farm. Used with Permissi
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Plant Events from our members
Pat236 On May 30, 2018 Miscellaneous Event
Planted in the pot with Enchanted Esmeralda. There Is only one plant left in the pot....not sure which one made it.
Pat236 On July 10, 2017 Miscellaneous Event
Obtained as a bonus plant from Electric Daylily Garden.
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