Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Gossard
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2007
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 28 inches
Bloom size: 4.75 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Early Morning Opener (EMO)
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 4-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: flesh pink with blue eye into maroon colors with light rose pink edge above very green to charcoal throat

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: Delta Blues x Tet. Crystal Blue Persuasion
Child plants: 15 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2019-07-30
Gorgeous blue eye on this cultivar.
Uploaded by lyle627
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2019-08-02
A nice display after just one season in the garden.
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Date: 2015-03-17
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2021-06-27
Mid Morning Image
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2021-06-15
Late Morning Image
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2012-06-15
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2014-05-19

Date: 2010-06-06
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2021-06-17
Late Morning Image
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2021-06-26
Mid Morning Image
Location: Jones OK,
Date: June 2014
Blue Desire

Date: 2009-04-26
Posted with permission and photographed by Loris Garrett http://w
  • Uploaded by vic

Photo courtesy of James Gossard of Heavenly Gardens
Location: Vaughan, ON, Canada (Zone 5b)
Date: 2015-07-29

Photo courtesy of Michael Bouman of Daylily Lay
Location: Jones OK,
Date: June 2015
Blue desire
Location: Vaughan, ON, Canada (Zone 5b)
Date: 2015-07-31
Location: Elohim Gardens, Jackson TN
Location: Enterprise, FL
Date: 2012-05-21
Taken at Floyd Cove Nursery.

Photo courtesy Maryott's Gardens. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of The Lily Farm. Used with permission.

Date: 2010-07-07
Courtesy of Shaw's Sunshine Gardens
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Uploaded by Betja

Photo Courtesy of Lobo Rose and Daylily Gardens Used With Permiss
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: The Lily Farm near Center, Texas
Date: 2015-06-10

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