Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Holly Dancer') in the Daylilies Database

Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Warrell
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1988
Foliage type:	Dormant
Scape height:	32 inches
Bloom size:	7 inches
Bloom time:	Midseason
Plant Traits:	Extended Bloom
Bloom Form:	Spider
Color description:	brilliant red spider with green throat
AHS Awards:	Award of Merit: 2007 Honorable Mention: 2004 HOS: 2006

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
Parentage:	(Stoplight x Monseigneur Garnet) x (Stoplight x sdlg)
Child plants:	62 child plants

Common names

Daylily

'Holly Dancer' was a featured
Plant of the Day for December 23, 2017.

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Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-07-07

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Location: Lincoln NE (5b)
Date: 2019-07-13

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Location: Currumbin Valley Qld Australia
Date: 2021-12-05
velvety appearance

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Location: Shagbark Daylilies, central Ohio, zone 5/6
Date: 2010
© Shagbark Daylilies

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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2004-07-31

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Location: Wisconsin zone 5a
Date: 2012-07-05

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Location: north central Texas
Date: 2014-06-21

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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2011-07-24

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Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-07-14

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-11
First summer in my garden; very pretty!

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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2011-07-24
In the foreground

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: Mid Summer

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Location: Hybridizer's Garden
Date: 2006-07-18
© Dottie Warrell - used with permission

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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 7-2008

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

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Location: Bowling Green, Ky
Date: 2013-07-04

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Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2018-06-29

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Location: Wisconsin
Date: 2012-07-05
A beautiful "star" in the garden.

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Location: Heckler Garden, near Philly
2000 National Convention

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-09
Holly Dancer's first bloom ever in my garden.

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-09

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Comments:

Posted by Joy (Kalama, Wa. - Zone 8b) on Dec 3, 2011 5:19 AM concerning plant:

Brilliant red spider variant. Well branched. One of the best UF's. Award winner.

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Posted by bron (NSW-Qld border Australia) on Apr 24, 2022 11:10 AM concerning plant:

Unusual velvety rich red. Like many here it developed bad rust in our mild summer with constant rain or showers, but has improved as temps cooled a bit although rain continues.

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csandt	On May 5, 2017	Obtained plant Planted May 5, 2016 (Oakes Daylilies); August 18, 2017 (Sterrett Gardens)
Friesfan1	On August 30, 2019	Obtained plant Plant arrived from Daylily King.

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