Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Stamile
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2002
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 34 inches
Bloom size: 5 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Early Morning Opener (EMO)
Bud Count: 41-45
Branching: 7-way
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: electric orange with red eye above green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2007

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
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Sungold Candy x (Panda Bear x Awesome Blossom)
Child plants: 22 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

'Orange Electric' was a featured
Plant of the Day for August 16, 2019.
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Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2019-07-15
Location: My garden in Cumming, GA 
Date: 2019-06-12
Location: Saaremaa, Estonia
Date: 2022-08-02

Photo courtesy of Bill Jarvis
Location: My garden in Southeast Virginia
Date: 2014-06-07
Very vivid color.
Location: Home, Columbus, Ohio
Date: 2017-06-12
First bloom of the year. Temperature 89°f at 2:30pm.
Location: Fort Worth TX
Date: 2008-05-26
Daylily (Hemerocallis ( \"Orange Electric\")
Location: Central Ohio, zone 5/6
Date: 2007-06-27
Photo by Ladylovingdove
Location: Horse Cave, KY  Zone 6b
Date: 2017-06-07
Location: My garden in Southeast Virginia
Date: JUNE
Entire plant
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2018-05-12
Orange Electric
Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
Photo by Gail Morgan of BX Creek Daylilies. Used with permission.
Location: RavenCroft Garden
Date: 2010-06-26

Date: 2019-07-04
Location: My garden in Southeast Virginia
Date: JUNE

Photo Courtesy of Walnut Hill Gardens Used With Permission. Unaut
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Courtesy of Quarles Daylilies Used with Permission
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Image Courtesy of Cottage Gardens Used with permission
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Taken on a garden tour in Florida
Location: back yard not as much sun, not as orange as my other one.
Location: My garden in Southeast Virginia
Date: 2014-06-07
Location: RavenCroft Garden
Date: 2010-06-26
Location: RavenCroft Garden
Date: 2010-06-26

Date: 2004-08-26
Courtesy of Peace on Earth Gardens Used with permission
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Date: 2004-07-01
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies

Photo Courtesy of Saksa Daylily Farm. Used with Permission
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Date: 2004-05-09
Posted with permission and photographed by Loris Garrett  http://
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Date: 2009-04-23
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Plant Events from our members
CCampbell On June 12, 2017 Bloomed
First bloom of the year out of my daylily bed! Temperature 89° at 2:30pm and bloom still looked great!
Seedfork On April 25, 2018 Bloomed
First bloom on this plant this year.
Seedfork On April 4, 2018 Miscellaneous Event
First scape on this plant this year.
Seedfork On May 30, 2017 Bloomed
First bloom ever on this plant in my garden.
Seedfork On April 20, 2017 Obtained plant
Received plant from Dan's Designer Daylilies, three fans.
Pat236 On April 17, 2024 Obtained plant
Received three fans as a bonus from Sterrett's Gardens. Planted in the front bed.
Pat236 On April 4, 2024 Obtained plant
Received two double fans from Stone Leah Daylilies. Planted one double in the front bed and the other in the back bed flats.
Pat236 On October 5, 2022 Transplanted
Removed from pot and planted in the back bed slope.
Pat236 On September 8, 2022 Obtained plant
Received two double fans from Sterrett's Daylily Garden. Pot planted for now.
Pat236 On June 5, 2020 Obtained plant
Received a double fan from Dan's Designer Daylilies. Planted two fans in the side bed. Planted one fan in the front bed with the others.
Pat236 On May 26, 2020 Bloomed
Two very nice tall blooms this morning.
Pat236 On August 16, 2019 Obtained plant
Received a very nice double fan from Blue Ridge. Planted in the front bed.
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