Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Emmerich
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2006
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Early Morning Opener (EMO)
Bud Count: 16-20
Branching: 4-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Edged
Watermark
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: deep rose red with pink lavender watermark and edge above yellow to green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2010

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Tim Kornder x Joan Derifield
Child plants: 7 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

'Man of Sorrows' was a featured
Plant of the Day for August 21, 2017.
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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 9, 2022
Location: Iowa
Date: 2022-07-17
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-07-11
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2021-06-26
Mid Morning Image

Photo courtesy of Karol Emmerich of Springwood Gardens
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2023-06-10
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2020-05-01
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2022-06-02
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2023-06-18
Late Morning Image
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-07-27
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2020-05-01
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2020-05-10
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-07-21
Man of Sorrows
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2018-07-27
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2018-07-23
Photo by mattsmom
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2023-06-21
Late Morning Image; Heavy rain overnight

Date: 2018-06-29
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-07-06
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2013-07-14
Photo by floota
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-07-02
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: Milton, NY
Date: 2022-07-26

Date: 2007-08-16
Posted with permission and photographed by Steve Todd http://www.
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Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-07-03
Location: Big Reedy, Kentucky
Date: 6/16/2018
First bloom
Location: My garden
Date: 2021-07-11
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-07-02
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2013-07-14
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2018-07-21
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2018-07-23
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2020-05-05
Photo by floota
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2021-07-15
Photo by Newyorkrita

Photo Courtesy of Keast Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2018-07-22
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2018-07-10
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-04
Photo by mattsmom
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2018-07-05

Date: 2008-07-19
Photo by dormantsrule
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-07-16
Photo by mantisOH
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-12
Photo by Newyorkrita

Date: 2012-03-19
Courtesy of Quarles Daylilies Used with Permission
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Date: 2021-07-15
Location: North East Iowa
Date: 2019-07-23
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2013-07-20
Photo by Newyorkrita
Photo by Newyorkrita

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Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 18, 2013 3:39 PM concerning plant:
    Man of Sorrows is my favorite of Karol Emmerich's lovely daylilies. What I love is that, while other daylily blooms might be splotched due to thrips damage, the blooms of Man of Sorrows are always perfect. Really, pictures do not do the bloom justice. You just have to see Man of Sorrows in person to truly see how beautiful it is.

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