Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Accidental Tourist') in the Daylilies Database

Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Hanson-C.
Year of Registration or Introduction:	2004
Foliage type:	Semi-evergreen
Scape height:	31 inches
Bloom size:	6 inches
Bloom time:	Midseason
Plant Traits:	Diurnal
Branching:	3-way
Fertility:	Pod Fertile Pollen Fertile Fertility notes: very fertile both ways
Bloom Traits:	Watermark
Bloom Form:	Single
Color description:	rose violet blend with frosty lavender watermark above chartreuse throat

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds:	Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Ploidy:	Tetraploid
Parentage:	(Ruffled Dude x sdlg) x Tet. Trahlyta
Child plants:	5 child plants

Common names

Daylily

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Date: 2022-08-10
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Date: 2022-08-07
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Date: June 2019

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Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2023-08-16

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Date: 2022-08-08

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Date: 2022-08-02

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Location: Jones OK,
Date: June 2015
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Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2023-08-09

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Date: 4000-02-22
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Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-07-22

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Location: Jones OK,
Date: June 2014
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Comments:

Posted by daylily (Ohio - Zone 6a) on Jan 21, 2012 5:13 PM concerning plant:

Curt Hanson's Crintonic Garden Catalog said:ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
04 M 31 SE
Complex Seedling involving RUFFLED DUDE and Munson Eyes X Tet. TRAHLYTA
The second introduction from Tet. TRAHLYTA and a distinctive counterpoint to GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM. This bohemian and peculiar affair is a complex blending of rose and frosty lilac. The color bleeds and fades along a large starburst watermark pattern in soft rose violets.These large 8" simple and triangular flowers are flat and slightly flaring with reflexed sepals. While this first generation selection inherits the modest 2 to 3-way branching of it’s pollen parent, the next generation has vastly improved. ACCIDENTAL TOURIST is very fertile either way and is producing a remarkable bevy of seedlings in a kaleidoscope of colors and patterns.

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Posted by adknative (Eagle Bay, New York - Zone 3b) on Aug 17, 2022 5:44 AM concerning plant:

Cold-hardy in zone 3, Accidental Tourist shows its connection to Trahlyta through the 'frosty lavender watermark' ... but, IMHO, is even more beautiful. The deeper 'rose red blend' gives a striking contrast to the eye, with a hint of Trahlyta also in the frosty edges that show on some of its blooms.

Accidental Tourist flowers steadily and really stands out when it's blooming - an eye-catcher! I have seen some streaking and water-spotting after steady rain but for the most part, it holds its colours. The watermark appears to leech into the outer petals, looking like a watercolour painting where the pigment has bled... There is also a bit of curl / recurve on the sepals, framing the petals. And then there is the fragrance: always a bonus. This daylily is beautiful and, in a garden where every bloom seeks attention, this one stands out.

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