Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Gossard
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2005
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 36 inches
Bloom size: 8 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bud Count: 16-20
Branching: 3-way
Fertility: Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Bitone or Reverse Bitone
Eye or Band
Edged
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Crispate
Color description: purple bitone with dark purple eye speckled lavender purple and white edge above green throat

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Flowers: Showy
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: (Moonlit Masquerade x Swirling Spider) x Tet. Starman's Quest
Child plants: 11 child plants

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  • Daylily

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After an extremely hot and sunny day! Perfect bloom!

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Date: 2013-07-07
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A poly bloom

Date: 2017-07-17

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Date: 2016-06-24
Comments:
  • Posted by TomThumb on Jun 16, 2016 6:55 PM concerning plant:
    This plant has been a very vigorous grower for me even in clay soil, and was the first of my 50 daylilies to bloom this year.

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