Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Persian Ruby') in the Daylilies Database

Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Trimmer
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1998
Foliage type:	Dormant
Scape height:	30 inches
Bloom size:	7.75 inches
Bloom time:	Early midseason
Plant Traits:	Rebloom Diurnal
Bud Count:	26-30
Branching:	3-way
Bloom Traits:	Self
Bloom Form:	Single
Color description:	ruby red self with green throat
AHS Awards:	Award of Merit: 2008 Honorable Mention: 2005 XLD: 2009

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:	Tetraploid
Parentage:	Ruby Spider x (Nordic Night x Tet. Regal Finale)
Child plants:	32 child plants

Common names

Daylily

'Persian Ruby' was a featured
Plant of the Day for January 31, 2016.

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2016-01-21

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Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2021-07-28

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Location: My Garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-07-23

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Location: Murfreesboro TN
Date: 2023-06-17
Persian Ruby, McGray Garden

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-07-02

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Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2019-08-02

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Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2018-07-14

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Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2017-07-28
Persian Ruby

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Location: North Carolina
Date: 2022-06-27
Persian Ruby

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Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-08-13
Next to the last Persian Ruby bloom of 2020 😢

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2020-06-23

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Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-08-09
Last bloom of 2021; bloomed July 9 - August 9.

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Location: Valley of the Daylilies in Lebanon, OH. Home of Dan and Jackie Bachman
Date: 2005-07-09

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Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2023-06-26

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Location: Stockbridge, GA
Date: 2015-06-28

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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2021-07-29

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Photo Courtesy of Daylily Sweetheart. Used with Permission.

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2012-06-12

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2011-06-17

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Location: Houston, TX
Date: 2020-06-04 5pm

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Location: Wilmington, DE
Date: 2013-07-24

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Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-21

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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI (DKP)
Date: 2006-07-21

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Location: My Garden, Zone 6a
Date: 2014-07-16

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Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2019-07-03

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Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2020-07-11

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Location: Mexico, Missouri
Date: 2020-06-30
Taken on an overcast morning

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Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-25
Taken on a very hot (90+) and humid day

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Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2019-07-07
Late afternoon after a hot summer day.

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Date: 2009-02-08
Posted with permission and photographed by Leslie Mauck http://ww

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Location: Little garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY
Date: 7/4/16
In the rain

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Photo Courtesy of Alcovy Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.

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Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2017-06-03

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-13
Second summer in my garden, and it still takes my breath away wit

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Location: Waynesboro MS
Date: 2006-06-14

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Location: My garden, Eagle Point, Oregon
Date: 2018-06-15
FFE Bloom, Huge!

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2017-10-11

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Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-08-24
Last bloom of 2020; photo taken at 3:30 PM on a hot afternoon (88

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Location: Saratoga Springs NY
Date: 2014-07-16
Persian Ruby

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Location: My Garden, Zone 6a
Date: 2008-08-03

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Location: My Garden, Zone 6a
Date: 2012-07-02

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

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-09
Second summer in my garden; gorgeous blooms; LOVE IT:

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Location: Central MD zone 6
Date: 2014-07-27

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Courtesy of Peace on Earth Gardens Used with permission

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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-06-12

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Photo Courtesy of Water Mill Gardens Used with Permission

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Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Pond. Used with Permission.

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Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-04
Gorgeous bloom! Fabulous plant!

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Plant Events from our members
BillAlleysDLs	On July 26, 2015	Bloomed
Seedfork	On May 19, 2018	Bloomed First bloom on this plant this year.
Seedfork	On May 1, 2018	Miscellaneous Event First scapes on this plant this year.
Seedfork	On May 6, 2016	Miscellaneous Event Observed first scapes
Seedfork	On March 28, 2016	Obtained plant Ballard Daylily Garden $5.00
csandt	On September 8, 2016	Obtained plant Planted September 8, 2016 (Sterrett Gardens), August 18, 2017 (MP Flower Gardens)
Pat236	On June 5, 2018	Bloomed First bloom ever on this plant. Moved from pot to pine bed last fall.
UncleWill	On September 12, 2019	Obtained plant

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Discussion Threads about this plant

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Persian Ruby & Grasshopper by dixielilylady	Aug 14, 2012 1:20 AM	1

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