Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Stamile
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1994
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom size: 5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: yellow with plum purple eyezone above green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2003
Honorable Mention: 2000

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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Triploid
Tetraploid
Parentage: El Desperado x Pirate's Patch
Child plants: 85 child plants

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'Desperado Love' was a featured
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Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 2023-05-24
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 2023-06-06
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 2023-06-06
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-07-22
Location: Little garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-07-24
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Date: 2008-03-01
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Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2015-07-20

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Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-07-17
Location: southern KY
Date: 2020-06-27

Date: 2016-08-06
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Location: Macleay Island, Queensland, Australia
Date: 2013-11-15
Location: Jones OK,
Date: June 2014
Desperado Love
Location: My Yard
Date: 2009-07-22
with 'Baby Blues'
Location: Fort Worth TX
Date: 2008-06-11
Daylily \"Desperado Love\"
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 6/10/22
Mid morning
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 6/10/22
Mid morning
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 6/3/22
Morning
Location: southern KY
Date: 6/14/2019
Location: South Australia
Date: 2013-11-15
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Location: Macleay Island, Queensland, Australia
Date: 2013 11 13
Location: My Yard
Date: 2012-07-02

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Location: Wood County, Texas
Date: 2019-06-07
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Location: southern KY
Date: 6/22/2019

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Location: My garden
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-08-14
1st year bloom
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Location: Macleay Island, Queensland, Australia
Location: My Yard
Date: 2009-08-01
Location: My Yard
Date: 2010-07-05
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