Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Morss
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1994
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 25 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Early
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Rust Resistance: Shows Resistance
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 2.3
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Edged
Toothed or Fringed Edge
Halo
Watermark
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: grape purple with white edge and lighter grape purple watermark above chartreuse halo
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2002
Honorable Mention: 1999
JC: 1994

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: Tetraploid
Parentage: (Mort's Magic x Sib to Mort's Magic F2) x (Cool Jazz x Dream Express)
Child plants: 109 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Location: Lowndesboro AL
Photo by mistyfog
Photo by floota
Location: Quebec
Date: July 2023

Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Photo by mistyfog
Location: NE Washington
Date: July 2011
Fortune's Dearest, First bloom on new plant

Date: 2011-10-07
Close up of the teeth.
Location: Zone 9b
Date: 2017-06-03
Fortune's Dearest 11 am 75 degrees

Date: 2010-03-27
Courtesy of The Gardens of Sunshine Hollow Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Rural Roots Gardens. Used with Permission
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Date: 2004-08-31
Courtesy of Peace on Earth Gardens Used with permission
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Date: 2011-07-10
Not as intense as the hybridizers picture, but closer to reality

Image courtesy of Johnson Daylily Gardens Used with permission
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Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Wood-Eden Daylilies & Cannas. Used with Permiss
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Photo Courtesy of Bluegrass Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission
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