Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Roberts-N.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2002
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 30 inches
Bloom size: 5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Nocturnal
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 5-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Crispate
Color description: black red self above green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2010
Honorable Mention: 2006
L/W: 2010

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
Flower Time: Summer
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Child plants: 10 child plants

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Date: 2023-06-26
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Date: 2015-07-09
Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2017-07-14
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
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Date: 2011-09-05
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Date: 2013-07-11
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Date: 2017-06-29
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2006-07-28

Date: 2009-05-25
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Date: 2010-06-18

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Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-25

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Date: 2012-01-23
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Location: RavenCroft Garden
Date: 2009-07-17
Location: Lugoff, SC
Date: 2010-06-12
Location: Saratoga Springs NY
Date: 2013-07-16
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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-06-18
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Date: 2010-05-28
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Comments:
  • Posted by kimkats (Md - Zone 6a) on Dec 12, 2010 2:22 AM concerning plant:
    Pod fertile for me this year. Did not try pollen.

    Great near black color, Unusual form crispate. One of my favorites this year.

    Early midseason w/Rebloom

    Fast increase.
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Discarded because the plant just would not grow for me.
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First bloom ever on this plant.
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First bloom ever on this plant in my garden
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Received from Miss Becky's , 4 small fans.
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