Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Munson-R.W.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1977
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 28 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: pale lilac self with cream green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1981
JC: 1977

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: Tetraploid
Parentage: sdlg x Tet. Catherine Woodbery
Child plants: 18 child plants

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  • Daylily

'Lilac Snow' was a featured
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Location: Lincoln NE (5b)
Date: 2018-06-28
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2017-07-13
 3:22 pm. A double delight.
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2008-07-31
  7:37 pm.  Always a reliable bloomer.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2015-07-09
 7:04 pm. A classic R. W. Munson, but with fragrance.

Photo courtesy of Briscos' Best Blooms. Used with permission.
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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-07-04
 12:33 pm. Reminds me of a bird in flight.

Photo Courtesy of Red Lane Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Location: Kannapolis, NC
Date: 2013-07-08

Posted with permission and photographed by Marianne Joordens http
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Photo Courtesy of Sugar Bay Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2012-03-19
Courtesy of Quarles Daylilies Used with Permission
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Location: Huntington Library & Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, USA.

Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Pond. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Pond. Used with Permission.
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Location: Topeka, Kansas
Date: Summer 2018
Lilac Snow

Date: 2009-12-08
Courtesy of Shaw's Sunshine Gardens
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Photo Courtesy of Nottawasaga Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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