Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Grovatt
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1971
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 30 inches
Bloom size: 4 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rust Resistance: Shows Susceptibility
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 2.9
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: black red self with green throat
AHS Awards: Stout Silver Medal: 1981
Award of Merit: 1978
Honorable Mention: 1975
LAA: 1983
ATG: 1976

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: Tis Midnight x sdlg
Child plants: 80 child plants

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Location: my front yard
Date: 2014-07-11
Location: Villa Park, IL
Date: 2021-07-05
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-07-11
Ed Murray
Location: St Louis - MoBOT
Date: 2020-07-05
Photo by Charlemagne
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 20, 2022

Photo Courtesy of Daylily Sweetheart. Used with Permission.
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Location: Iowa
Date: 2017-07-03
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-07-09
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-06-27
Location: North Carolina
Date: 2023-07-08
Ed Murray
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-07-06
Location: Iowa
Location: Villa Park, IL
Date: 2021-07-14
Location: Iowa
Date: 2017-07-01

Date: 1999-07-01
Image courtesy of Archway Daylily Gardens Used with permission
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Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2012-07-14
Ed Murray

Image Courtesy of Monches Farm Used with Permission
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Photo courtesy of MaryAnn Pruden of Lily House
Photo by Charlemagne
Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Date: July 15, 2012
photo by James Steakley

Posted with permission and photographed by Marianne Joordens http
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Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-28
Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2017-08-01

Photo Courtesy of Island Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.
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Location: My Garden
Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
Photo by Gail Morgan of BX Creek Daylilies. Used with permission.
Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-15

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2010-03-27
Courtesy of The Gardens of Sunshine Hollow Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Earlybird Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2005-08-11
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of E and B Farm Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of QB Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-09
This looks red in the bright sun, but in the shade or no sun, it
Location: My zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-19
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-07

Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-10

Photo Courtesy of May's Acres Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Mystic Meadows Daylily Farm. Used with Permissi
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Photo Courtesy of Mystic Meadows Daylily Farm. Used with Permissi
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Date: 2006-07-03
Photo Courtesy of Manatawny Creek Farm Used With Permission
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Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Aug 26, 2014 11:15 PM concerning plant:
    Hemerocallis 'Ed Murray' is very popular and has been since its introduction. Sunfast flower color. It's a great and reliable daylily.
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Beautiful! by vic Sep 5, 2012 1:00 PM 1

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