Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Emmerich
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2008
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 24 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason-Late
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 3-way
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: grape cranberry blend with frosted blue lavender eye and dark lavender gold filigree edge above yellow to green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2016
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 Tet. Lavender Blue Baby) x sdlg) x ((Regal Majesty x Clothed in Glory) x Heartbeat of Heaven)
Child plants: 59 child plants

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Tends to fade in the sun here
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