Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Trimmer
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1999
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 38 inches
Bloom size: 12 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 26-30
Branching: 3-way
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Spider
Color description: grape purple self above green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2004

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: Cameroon Night x Long Tall Sally
Child plants: 25 child plants

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Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2011-07-27
Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines
Date: 2022-07-06
Photo by DougSoCal

Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Pond. Used with Permission.
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Location: Vermont
Date: 2010-07-11
Image shows a bud with seperation of the sepals at the base. This
Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines
Date: 2022-07-19

Date: 2012-06-27
Location: Knoxville, TN

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Location: Mt. Sterling Ky
Date: 2022-06-14

Photographed in the hybridizer's garden in Florida

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Location: Knoxville, TN

Date: 2009-07-17
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2012-07-05

Courtesy of Peace on Earth Gardens Used with permission
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Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines

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Photo Courtesy of A La Carte Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Photographed in Florida

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Date: 2009-07-03
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Date: 2011-07-20
Photo Courtesy of Mr. Fancy Plants Daylily Nursery Used with Perm
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Comments:
  • Posted by csandt (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jun 27, 2017 7:12 PM concerning plant:
    I have 84 different daylily cultivars in my garden, most represented by multiple clumps, and Royal Celebration is the only one that has not done well. When it formed flower buds, they started out as unusually small structures and then shrank into deformed shapes and dried up. Finally, the entire spike dried up. Photographs can be seen here:

    The thread "Royal Celebration: Need advice" in Daylilies forum

    I was very confused as to what was going on with my plants, so I asked the daylily experts at garden.org. I learned from their responses that there is a genetic defect in Royal Celebration that causes stunted buds. Several people who tried to grow it reported getting rid of it because of their experience with its stunted buds.

    I wonder how Royal Celebration could have won an Honorable Mention award from the American Hemerocallis Society when it has these problems.
  • Posted by blue23rose (southern Indiana - Zone 6b) on May 10, 2022 7:37 AM concerning plant:
    I received Royal Celebration in 2015 and after seven years finally gave up on seeing decent blooms and pitched it. Very few blooms opened correctly, were splotchy, misshapen, or the buds just dried up and dropped off.
Plant Events from our members
csandt From August 17, 2016 to October 29, 2017 Obtained plant
Terrible performance; composted
mom2cjemma On July 8, 2022 Bloomed
mom2cjemma On June 3, 2022 Miscellaneous Event
Scape
mom2cjemma On June 7, 2020 Miscellaneous Event
Scape
mom2cjemma On September 9, 2019 Transplanted
mom2cjemma On August 15, 2019 Obtained plant
Seedfork On October 5, 2019 Obtained plant
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