Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Benz
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2000
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 40 inches
Bloom size: 7.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason-Late
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Nocturnal
Bud Count: 36-40
Branching: 5-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Watermark
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Crispate
Color description: wine purple with pale watermark and eye above green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2021
Honorable Mention: 2018

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
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Cameroons x One Step Beyond
Child plants: 25 child plants

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Date: 2017-07-08
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Location: My house in Portsmouth.
Date: 2013-07-01
Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-08-03

A nice, tall one!
Location: my front yard
Date: 2014-07-10
Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-08-08
Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-07-30

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Date: July-7-2015
Location: southern KY
Date: 2020-06-11
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Date: 2023-07-30
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-07-24
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-07-11
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2011-07-24

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Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-08-03
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Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-07-27
A standout plant

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2009-06-15
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2023-06-29
First flower ever
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Date: 2005-08-13
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Date: 2007-07-07
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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2012-07-14
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Date: 2019-06-20
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2012-07-14
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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2011-07-24
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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2011-07-24
Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-07-28
First bloom on this plant, photographed in morning shade with my
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2009-06-15
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2009-06-15

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Date: 2007-06-23
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2007-06-23

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Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-08-05

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Location: My garden
Date: 2018-06-24
Location: Jones OK,
Date: June 2015
Cameroons Twister
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Date: 2009-06-15
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Date: 2020-06-23
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Date: 2010-07-17
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Date: 2020-07-01
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Date: 2017-06-05

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