Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Gossard
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2012
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 31 inches
Bloom size: 8.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason-Late
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 4-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Edged
Toothed or Fringed Edge
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: cranberry purple with a darker wine eyezone, sepals and petals are edged in claws, fangs, teeth and tentacles, color of which can be vary by position from gold to green to white, all above a yellow green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2015
JC: 2012

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: Tetraploid
Parentage: ((Sun Bear x Julie Newmar) x Sword Dancer) x Rosy Spiketail
Child plants: 20 child plants

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Date: 2012-07-15
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Date: 2012-10-30
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bloom at end of a very sunny Georgia day
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Date: 2022-08-14
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Date: 2022-08-19
First year blooms on a single fan, on 4-5 inches. Hoping for sign
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Date: 2022-07-27
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Date: 2023-06-21
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Date: 2023-07-18

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Date: 2022-08-23
First year blooms on a single fan, on 4-5 inches. Hoping for sign
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Location: Lawrenceville, GA
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