Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Reckamp
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1963
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 24 inches
Bloom size: 2 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: melon pink, cream, yellow and orchid polychrome with orange throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 1973
Honorable Mention: 1970
ATG: 1967

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: Diploid
Child plants: 19 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: Woodside, California 
Date: 2022-07-06
Little RainbowReckamp 1963 Diploid
Location: Adirondacks
Photo by Frillylily
Location: Decatur. IL
Date: July 6, 2022
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2021-06-28
my favorite little one
Location: Central Illinois 
Date: 2020-07-01
Location: Little garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY
Date: 2019-07-04
Location: 2015 AHS National Convention Atlanta
Date: 2015-06-12
Location: Maine
Date: 2013-07-16
This is my all time favorite mini!
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2012-07-14
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Photo by jkporter
Photo by Claudia
Location: Jones OK,
Date: 2017-05-23
Little Rainbow
Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01
Photo by jkporter
Location: 03451
Date: 2018-08-03
Photo by Cookies4kids
Location: Little Garden of Big Dreams - Dayton, KY
Date: 2008-06-22
this little flower glows!
Photo by drgulley
Photo by Claudia
Location: Garden of eScapes Bellevue KY
Date: 2017-06-18
Location: Putnam County Indiana
Date: 2011-06-26

Date: 1999-07-01
Image courtesy of Archway Daylily Gardens Used with permission
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Image courtesy of Charlotte's Daylily Diary. Used with permission
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Photo by drgulley

Photo courtesy of Briscos' Best Blooms. Used with permission.
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Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 7-2008
Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2009-07-09
Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 7-2008

Photo Courtesy of E and B Farm Used with Permission
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Photo by Claudia
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2020-07-06
my fav little daylily.
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-08

Photo Courtesy of Red Lane Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of QB Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2008-06-16
Posted with permission and photographed by Marifrances Hiltz http
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Photo by drgulley
Photo by drgulley

Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Pond. Used with Permission.
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Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2009-07-09

Date: 2010-03-27
Courtesy of The Gardens of Sunshine Hollow Used with Permission
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