Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Forty Second Street') in the Daylilies Database - Garden.org

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Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Kirchhoff-D.
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1991
Foliage type:	Evergreen
Scape height:	24 inches
Bloom size:	5 inches
Bloom time:	Midseason
Plant Traits:	Extended Bloom Rebloom
Rust Resistance:	Shows Susceptibility
Rust Resistance Decimal Score:	2.5
Fertility:	Pod Fertile Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits:	Eye or Band
Bloom Form:	Double
Color description:	pastel pink with bright rose eyezone above yellow to green throat
AHS Awards:	Award of Merit: 1999 Honorable Mention: 1996 JC: 1992 IM: 1998

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
Propagation: Seeds:	Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Ploidy:	Diploid
Child plants:	8 child plants

Common names

Daylily

'Forty Second Street' was a featured
Plant of the Day for September 19, 2016.

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Date: 2013-06-27

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Date: April, 2011

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Location: In my zone 8 garden
Date: 2013-07-05

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Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2014-07-19
My favourite daylily.

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Date: 2016-07-31

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Location: Aurora, On
Date: 2012-07-25
beautiful

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Location: In my garden. Poland.

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

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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2005-08-06

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Location: Virginia
Date: 2012-07-12
First Bloom

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Date: 2003-07-27
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Location: Macleay Island, Queensland, Australia
Date: 2016-01-17

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Location: My garden in Aurora, Ontario zone 5b
Date: 2015-07-22

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

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

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Location: Macleay Island, Queensland, Australia
This is it pretending to be a single.

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Location: Home garden VA
Date: Summer 2008

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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-08-07
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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-08-14

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Comments:

Posted by SunnyBorders (Aurora, Ontario - Zone 5b) on Apr 16, 2013 6:23 PM concerning plant:

My favourite daylily.
As good as its name.

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