Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Scatterbrain') in the Daylilies Database - Garden.org

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Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Joiner
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1988
Foliage type:	Semi-evergreen
Scape height:	32 inches
Bloom size:	6 inches
Bloom time:	Midseason
Plant Traits:	Rebloom Diurnal
Rust Resistance:	Shows Susceptibility
Rust Resistance Decimal Score:	2.6
Fertility:	Pod Fertile Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits:	Self
Bloom Form:	Double
Color description:	light peach pink self with light green throat
AHS Awards:	Award of Merit: 1996 Honorable Mention: 1992 IM: 2010

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:	Ivory Cloud x sdlg
Child plants:	35 child plants

Common names

Daylily

'Scatterbrain' was a featured
Plant of the Day for October 14, 2015.

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Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2018-08-01

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Location: KALAMA WA

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Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2018-08-01

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Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2015-07-04
Not a doubles fan but this bloom has won me over, love it.

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Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2018-08-06

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Location: home garden VA
Date: 2009-07-11
SCATTERBRAIN

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Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2020-07-10

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Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2018-08-06

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Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2016-06-10

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Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2018-08-06

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Location: My garden in Cortland, OH
Date: 2020-07-30

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-07-31
Second year plant; first blooms.

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Location: Taken in my garden
Date: 2011-06-25

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Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2011-07-07

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Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2014-06-13 8:52 am

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Location: Pinconning, MI
Date: 2017-08-07

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Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2018-08-05
4 X 4 of a double flower (?8 X 8!)

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Photo Courtesy of Earlybird Daylilies. Used with Permission.

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Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2019-07-31

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Location: Burgdorf, Germany
Date: 2017-07-11

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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-08-11

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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-08-11

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Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-21

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Location: Melvindale, Mi. 48122
Date: Mid season 2011
A very nice tall double that is northern hardy.

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-08-12
7:33 pm. Always a slightly different configuration of petaloids

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Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2017-06-02

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Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-21

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-07-31

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Location: Pinconning, MI
Date: 2018-07-26

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Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms

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Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-08-09

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Photo Courtesy of Spring Fever Daylilies. Used with Permission

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Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
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Date: 2003-06-23
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Date: 2011-08-14

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Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-21
Taken in the morning

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Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-24
1st bloom on a 1 year old plant.

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Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-21

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Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-07-21

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Date: 2006-07-17
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Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2011-07-10

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Date: 2011-06-16
Photo Courtesy of Mr. Fancy Plants Daylily Nursery Used with Perm

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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-08-11

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Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-08-02

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Photo Courtesy of Ellies Daylilies Used with Permission

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Location: La Crescenta, CA
Date: 2017-07-06

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Location: La Crescenta, CA
Date: 2017-07-06

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Photo Courtesy of Nottawasaga Daylilies. Used with Permission.

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-08-04

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Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.

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Date: 2003-07-08
Image courtesy of Archway Daylily Gardens Used with permission

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Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: Jul 27, 2011 5:00 PM
Scatterbrain as a single, which it does probably at least 75% of

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Comments:

Posted by Joy (Kalama, Wa. - Zone 8b) on Dec 3, 2011 7:14 AM concerning plant:

Elegant peach apricot double. The placement of the petals is perfection itself and the silky smooth texture you just have to feel as you pass by.
Not 100% double but the single form is just as lovely.

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Plant Events from our members
chelle	On April 17, 2015	Transplanted Moved from nursery bed to W window hugel bed, SW section
Seedfork	On May 22, 2018	Bloomed First bloom on this plant for the year.
Seedfork	On May 2, 2018	Miscellaneous Event First scape on this plant this year.
Seedfork	On October 7, 2017	Maintenance performed Relocated: All plants in this row were relocated, set them on top of the ground to raise them up, them mulched around them and built up the low boggy area.
Seedfork	On May 14, 2017	Bloomed First bloom on this plant for the season.
Seedfork	On April 12, 2017	Miscellaneous Event Found first scape on this plant for the season.
Seedfork	On April 27, 2016	Miscellaneous Event Observed first scapes
Seedfork	On June 18, 2014	Obtained plant Obtained from M.M.
androchore	On August 5, 2023	Bloomed

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