Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Scarlet Orbit') in the Daylilies Database

Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Gates-L.
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1984
Foliage type:	Evergreen
Scape height:	22 inches
Bloom size:	6 inches
Bloom time:	Early
Plant Traits:	Rebloom Diurnal
Rust Resistance:	Shows Susceptibility
Fertility:	Pod Fertile Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits:	Self
Bloom Form:	Single
Color description:	red self with chartreuse throat
AHS Awards:	Award of Merit: 1991 Honorable Mention: 1987

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds:	Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Ploidy:	Tetraploid
Parentage:	sdlg x Charles Johnston
Child plants:	71 child plants

Common names

Daylily

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Location: Chandler, OK
Date: 2018-05-27
Scarlet Orbit

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Location: Goldthwaite, TX
Date: 2006-05-29

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Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2017-05-05

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Location: My yard, Zone 6
Date: 2006-06-30

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Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2015-05-03

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2014-06-15
I somehow seem to have lost Scarlet Orbit in my last move, which

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Location: My garden, North Central Idaho
Date: 6-23-2015

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Location: northwest Georgia
Date: late May 2019
Spring Peeper Frog cuddled in

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Location: My yard, Zone 6
Date: 2009-07-26

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Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2015-04-25

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Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-06-26

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Location: My garden in Northwest Missouri
Date: 2010-06-05

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Location: Metamora, Michigan
Date: 2014-03-21

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Date: 2008-07-04
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Date: 2011-10-23
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Location: University City, Missouri, zone 6
Date: June 14, 2006

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Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2015-03-08

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Posted by tabbycat (Youngsville, LA - Zone 9b) on Jun 10, 2018 4:34 PM concerning plant:

This red beauty is one of the 1st daylilies I ever bought at a local daylily nursery in south Louisiana. That was 20 years ago, so I've given or traded many through the years as it is a prolific multiplier for me and comes true from seeds. The stocky scapes and hefty red flower with a yellow throat make it a favorite of mine. Here they bloom mid April through May, then rest to rebloom again in July. The only negative is that they fade some in full sun, so I've moved them to places that get part sun, where they are pretty all day. They are a variety that makes a nice cut flower to bring scapes indoors in a vase to bloom for a few days.

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Posted by pikaia (Merseyside) on Jul 15, 2021 2:00 PM concerning plant:

The only thing I don't like about this plant is that the scapes are too short, so the flowers nestle in the foliage instead of being held above it.

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Plant Events from our members
flaflwrgrl	On May 3, 2015	Bloomed FFO
flaflwrgrl	On April 6, 2015	Miscellaneous Event Scapes!
flaflwrgrl	On July 4, 2014	Potted up Fed with alfalfa meal.
flaflwrgrl	On June 26, 2014	Obtained plant From Debra, 2 fans.
tabbycat	On April 20, 2023	Bloomed started blooming i nfront bed & plant on west side
tabbycat	On April 15, 2023	Plant emerged 1st flower of 2023
tabbycat	On July 12, 2022	Bloomed Reblooming in rebloomers & in Day lily bed
tabbycat	On April 15, 2022	Bloomed I have a clump in West bed & 1 in Rebloomers & 1st to have a flower 2022 was in Rebloomers. Lots of buds on both.
tabbycat	On July 1, 2021	Obtained plant Reblooming in west side of house bed
tabbycat	On May 4, 2021	Bloomed 2 flowers in west bed & plant in rebloomers will open tomorrow.
tabbycat	On April 9, 2020	Bloomed 1st of 2020 west bed, 4-11-in rebloomers
tabbycat	On June 28, 2019	Bloomed Reblooming in both beds
tabbycat	On April 24, 2019	Bloomed 1st of '19 clump in West bed & clump in Rebloomer bed. Bloomed a month.
MrKGDickie	On July 7, 2019	Obtained plant Lost during a move. Had a clump dug at Lakeview Daylily Farm in Garner, NC. Later found a daylily mixed in with others in a big pot, which seems to be SO.
Cobs	On June 1, 2022	Miscellaneous Event Planted in clothesline garden near climbing rose and Georgies "Dock" plant. Towards the front near drain to pond

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