Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Stamile
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2003
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 38 inches
Bloom size: 10 inches
Bloom time: Extra early
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 3-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Spider
Color description: lavender self above green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2017
Honorable Mention: 2012

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: ((sdlg x sdlg) x Inky Fingers) x (Bluebird Sky x (Tet. Green Widow x Tet. Cerulean Star))
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Date: 2006-06-16
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Date: 2019-07-31
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Location: Villa Park, IL
Date: 2021-07-04
Location: Waynesboro MS
Date: 2005-05-28
Location: Canton, OH

Date: 2012-03-19
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Location: Canton, OH
Location: Wilmington, DE
Date: 2013-07-07
Location: South of France
Date: 2016-06-29

Photo courtesy of MaryAnn Pruden of Lily House
Photo by mistyfog
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2009-06-21

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens

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Location: Canton, OH
Date: 2016-06-19
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 7-2008

Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies

Date: 2011-05-14

Date: 2009-05-12
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Location: white lake, Michigan
Date: 2016-06-23
Location: white lake, Michigan
Date: 2016-06-27
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2010-06-15

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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 7-2008
Location: Taken mid-morning. 
Date: 2018-06-10
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