Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Norris-R.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2005
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 40 inches
Bloom size: 5.25 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: deep black purple self 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 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: Ruby Regalia x Nosferatu
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2008-06-29
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2021-07-02
Early Morning Image;  Heavy rain overnight
Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-07-21
Photographed in deep morning shade with my Nikon.
Location: My garden in northeast Texas
Date: 2017-06-09
ashwood dark side
Location: RavenCroft Garden
Date: 2010-07-14
Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-07-24

Date: 2013-07-26
Location: Blue Ridge Daylilies
Date: 2013-07-13
Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-08-01
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2021-07-19
Early Morning Image;  Heavy rain overnight
Location: Missouri
Date: 2011-07-08
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2016-07-23
Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-07-27
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2015-12-05
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2015-12-05
Location: University City, Missouri, zone 6
Date: 2009-07-19
It's blacker than pictured.

Date: 2013-07-20
Location: DEEP DITCH GARDEN
Date: 07/2012
Photo by mantisOH
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2008-07-02
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2013-07-03
Photo by Lilydaydreamer
Location: Garden of Jim Stauffer Lancaster, Pa
Date: 2013-07-21
photo taken mid day

Date: 2010-07-23
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Comments:
  • Posted by mantisOH (Athens, Ohio - Zone 6a) on Apr 18, 2018 9:57 PM concerning plant:
    One of the darkest in the garden here.
Plant Events from our members
mom2cjemma On July 17, 2021 Bloomed
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