Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Carpenter-J.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2002
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 22 inches
Bloom size: 5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 5-way
Rust Resistance: Shows Susceptibility
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: lavender purple with dark purple eye above green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2005

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
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Lavender Blue Baby x Cranberry Eyed Picotee
Child plants: 12 child plants

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Location: Maine
Location: Vermont
Date: 2015-07-15
Location: Vermont
Date: 2021-07-15
Location: central MD, zone 6
Date: 2011-06-20
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Date: 2021-07-22
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Location: Vermont
Date: 2013-07-14
Location: Carleton Place, Ontario Canada
Date: 2009-01-21
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Date: 2019-07-21
Location: my garden
Location: zone 8a
Date: 2023-06-10
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Date: 2023-06-23
Kansas kitten
Location: My garden, Eagle Point, Oregon
Date: 2019-07-21
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Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2016-05-22
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Location: Vermont
Date: 2019-07-24
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-26
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Date: June 29th, 2021
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Location: Jones OK,
Date: June 2015
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Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2018-06-30
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 18, 2022
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Date: 2013-09-20
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Location: My zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-27
really beautiful today.
Location: Waynesboro MS
Date: 2007-06-03
Location: Wisconsin zone 5a
Date: 2013-07-15
Location: Vermont
Date: 2013-08-01
Location: My zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-19
Location: Jones OK,
Date: June 2014
Kansas Kitten

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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-07-05
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2008-08-09
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-07-09
Kansas Kitten FFO
Location: southern KY
Date: 2018-06-18

Date: 2021-07-11
Kansas kitten

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Date: 2012-03-19
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Location: Vermont
Date: 2018-07-27

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Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-07
Location: Mexico, Missouri
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-08-02
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: July 2021
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-06-22
Location: My garden
Date: July-7-2015

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Location: southern KY
Date: 2018-06-18

Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: Manchester, PA
Date: 2020-09-13
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-16
Last blooms of the season for this pretty little cultivar. New
Location: Vermont
Date: 2016-07-17
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-11
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-07-10
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-07-03
First summer in my garden. Heat wave in progress.
Location: My zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-12
Comments:
  • Posted by Zoia (Stoneham MA - Zone 6b) on Dec 2, 2021 10:43 PM concerning plant:
    Somewhat rusty during the great infestation of 2021
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Friesfan1 On September 14, 2016 Obtained plant
Obtained plant from Park Lane Daylilies. Big beautiful fans.
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observed 2 scapes
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