Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Gossard
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2013
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 41 inches
Bloom size: 12 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Early Morning Opener (EMO)
Bud Count: 16-20
Branching: 3-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Form: Unusual Form - Cascade
Color description: wine purple with a big green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2021
Honorable Mention: 2017

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: Megatron x Bali Watercolor
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2022-07-13
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 7/3/2021
Location: Region 5 Meeting 2018
Date: 2018-06-16
HUMUNGASAUR GOSSARD
Location: Eufaula, Alabama
Date: 2023-06-10
Location: Cowansville, Quebec, Canada
Date: 2019-07-13
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2023-06-18
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2021-07-27

Date: 2023-07-01
Location: Davis Home Goddard KS
Date: July 2023
Double Bloom Humungousaur
Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-07
I bought this plant directly from Jamie Gossard and it is spectac
Location: Horseheads, NY
Date: 2023-07-06

Date: 2012-11-12
Photo courtesy of Heavenly Gardens
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2023-07-31
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Humungousaur') is tall
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2019-05-25
Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2023-07-24
Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-08-18
Photographed under heavy cloudcover, shot with my Nikon.
Location: Perennial Plant Peddler, Findlay, OH
Date: 2020-07-11
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2023-07-28
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Humungousaur') up close
Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-08-05
Shot in early afternoon full sun with my Nikon. First bloom on a
Location: My zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-06-29
1st bloom on a 1 year old plant.
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2014-05-22
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2018-07-09
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2022-08-05
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2021-06-29
Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-06
love it
Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-01
my 2nd bloom on a one year old plant - beautiful.
Location: Northern Illinois (Zone 5a)
Date: 2017-06-23
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-06-30
1st bloom this year

Photo Courtesy of Fairyscape Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Location: Duluth, MN (4b)
Date: 2023-07-24
Rising above the yarrow on the hill next to a path where I have i
Location: Singing Oakes Garden, Blythewood, SC
Date: 2019-06-04
Late Day Image
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-06

Date: 2017-07-04
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2017-06-29
Location: My zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-19

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