Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Lambertson
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2003
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 30 inches
Bloom size: 7.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 5-way
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Edged
Toothed or Fringed Edge
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Cascade
Color description: black red with darker black red eye and white sharks teeth edge above green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2009

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: Way Cool x (sdlg x Way Cool)
Child plants: 19 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-07-16
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Uploaded by tgarden711

Date: 2008-06-30

Date: 2011-10-17
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Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-08-06
Photo by Carol Bacskai; in zone 5b

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Uploaded by Halfprice
Location: Central MD zone 6
Date: 2014-07-27
photo taken in dappled shade
Location: Muncie, Indiana
Date: 2023-07-10
Location: GRANBY
Date: 2016-08-15
Super white teeth

Photo Courtesy of Daredevil Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Date: 2015-06-29
Location:  my city garden
Date: 2016-09-17
extra tissue on 2 of the petals
Location: Bowling Green, Ky 
Date: 2013-08-14
Location: Wilmington, DE
Date: 2013-07-02
ffo
Location: Central MD zone 6
Date: 2014-07-04
taken in full sun

Date: 2015-06-27

Photo Courtesy of Dololly's Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Fairyscape Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Fairyscape Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Plant Events from our members
DaylilyDazzled On June 5, 2023 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
Gave it away to Seedfork. I don't think it liked it here
Seedfork On September 12, 2022 Obtained plant
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