Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Shooter-E.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2007
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Nocturnal
Bud Count: 10-15
Branching: 2-way
Bloom Traits: Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: yellow with purple edge above large yellow 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 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: Diploid
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-08-18
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2015-07-09
Location: Maine
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2018-07-11
CRADLE OF BETHLEHEM
Location: Lincoln NE (5b)
Date: 2017-07-23
Location: Vermont
Date: 2023-07-28
Uploaded by mattsmom
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2012-07-02
Uploaded by LarryR
Location: Maine
Date: 2022-07-29
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-25
Location: white lake, Michigan
Date: 2016-08-10
Location: Iowa
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-07-18

Date: 2010-08-02
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2019-06-26
Location: Iowa
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2018-06-29
Location: SE Michigan (taken at Along the Fence Daylilies, Dansville, MI)
Date: 2015-07-25
11:30AM
Location: Brown City, MI  z5
Date: July
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 6/20/21
Mid morning
Location: My garden
Date: 2022-08-12
Uploaded by scflowers
Location: Maine
Date: 2014-08-07
Location: Iowa

Photo courtesy of Marietta Daylily Gardens

A favorite in my gardens.
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-07-16
Location: Iowa
Date: 2018-07-13
Location: Villa Park, IL
Date: July 23, 2020
Location: Vysniauskiene garden, Gabsiai, Lithuania
Date: 2022-07-30

Love this flower!
Location: Villa Park, IL
Date: 2021-07-17
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 6-23-2019
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-07-08
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2014-08-03
Location: Iowa
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-07-05
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 6/22/21
Midday
Uploaded by Betja
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-25
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2016-07-16
Location: Rhode Island
Date: 2013-07-23
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 6/10/22
Mid morning
Location: Poland, Maine
Date: 2011-08-08
Location: North Carolina
Date: 2022-08-04
Cradle of Bethlehem
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2016-07-26
Very recurved on this hot day

Photo Courtesy of Something New Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 6/22/21
Midday
Location: southern KY
Date: 2020-07-20
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