Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Carnival in Mexico') in the Daylilies Database - Garden.org

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Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Santa Lucia
Year of Registration or Introduction:	2000
Foliage type:	Dormant
Scape height:	30 inches
Bloom size:	7 inches
Bloom time:	Midseason
Plant Traits:	Rebloom Diurnal
Bud Count:	21-25
Branching:	3-way
Bloom Traits:	Eye or Band
Bloom Form:	Single
Color description:	pale veined rose with very large deep red eye above green throat
AHS Awards:	Stout Silver Medal: 2012 Award of Merit: 2010 Honorable Mention: 2005 DCS: 2011 XLD: 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:	Tetraploid
Parentage:	sdlg x Tet. Vegas Lights
Child plants:	12 child plants

Common names

Daylily

'Carnival in Mexico' was a featured
Plant of the Day for October 3, 2015.

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-07-03

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-07-10

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Location: my garden

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-07-15
Carnival in Mexico

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Date: 2021-07-10
Carnival in Mexico

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2022-06-22
Mid Morning Image

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Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-07-11

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Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2015-07-17

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Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2015-07-16

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Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 2018-07-25

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Date: 2023-07-21

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Date: 2023-04-21
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Location: Taken in my home garden
Date: 2016-08-11

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Location: Warne, NC
Date: 2020-07-09

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Date: 2021-06-24
Carnival in Mexico

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2007-06-21

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Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2023-08-07

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Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2015-05-31

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Location: Warne, NC
Date: 2018-01-02
Carnival in Mexico

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 18, 2022

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Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2017-06-07

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Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-23

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Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2013-08-11

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2007-06-28

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Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2023-08-09

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Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2023-08-16

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Location: My garden
Date: July-20-2015

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Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 2018-07-31

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Location: North Carolina
Date: 2023-07-05
Carnival in Mexico

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Location: Warne, NC
Date: 2018-06-25
Carnival in Mexico

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Location: Southern Indiana
Date: Early morning. July 2022

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Location: My zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-19

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Location: Charlotte, NC

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Location: Warne, NC
Date: 2018-06-25
Carnival in Mexico

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Location: North Carolina
Date: 2022-07-03
Carnival in Mexico

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Date: 2011-07-17

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Date: 2010-07-16
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Location: Along The Fence Daylilies, Dansville, MI
Date: 2019-08-03

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Location: Along The Fence Daylilies, Dansville, MI
Date: 2018-07-28

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Location: My garden
Date: July-7-2015

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Location: Mexico, Missouri
Date: 2020-06-30
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Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2023-08-06

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Location: In my garden
Date: 2011-09-14
rebloom in mid september

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Location: Western Washington
Date: 2018-07-13

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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-06-25

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Location: Warne, NC
Date: 2018-01-02
Carnival in Mexico

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Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2016-08-11

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Location: My zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-14

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2007-06-19

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2007-06-28

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Date: 2010-07-01
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Date: 2017-07-25

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Date: 2012-06-25

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Date: 2012-06-25

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Location: My zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-12
First 2 blooms on a new plant this year.

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Comments:

Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 12, 2013 3:28 PM concerning plant:

Carnival in Mexico blooms here in my garden in a large front yard clump where it is easy to see for anyone passing by. I love the dramatic and striking flowers.

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Posted by Zoia (Stoneham MA - Zone 6b) on Dec 2, 2021 11:03 PM concerning plant:

A complete rust bucket during the great infestation of 2021

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Plant Events from our members
Seedfork	On May 3, 2018	Miscellaneous Event First scape of the year on this plant.
Seedfork	On September 5, 2017	Maintenance performed Moved one clump from the bog bed to a dryer location inside the fence.
Seedfork	On May 12, 2017	Bloomed First bloom on this plant for the season
Seedfork	On April 30, 2017	Miscellaneous Event First scapes on this plant this season, now looking very rusty. Need to treat again already.
Seedfork	On April 12, 2017	Maintenance performed Treated for rust with Bayer 3 in 1.
Seedfork	On May 5, 2016	Miscellaneous Event Observed first scape on Carnival In Mexico
Seedfork	On December 20, 2015	Miscellaneous Event Looking at all my plants just before our first freezing weather of the year, this was the worst looking plant in my garden as far as rust is concerned! I really hate that because it has one of the loveliest blooms in the garden to me.
Seedfork	On May 28, 2015	Bloomed FFOE
Seedfork	On June 18, 2014	Obtained plant Obtained plant from M.M.
Pat236	On June 23, 2021	Bloomed Started blooming two weeks ago and continues to bloom.
Pat236	On June 23, 2018	Bloomed First flower ever...it sits low in the foliage.
Pat236	On October 9, 2016	Obtained plant Received plant from Shady Rest Daylily Garden. Planted in the side front bed and awaiting blooms in the spring.
CottageGardener	On June 29, 2016	Obtained plant
UncleWill	On October 18, 2018	Transplanted East end of peach bed
UncleWill	On October 17, 2018	Obtained plant

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