Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Williams-S.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2013
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 32 inches
Bloom size: 6.75 inches
Bloom time: Midseason-Late
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bud Count: 10-15
Branching: 2-way
Bloom Traits: Bitone or Reverse Bitone
Dotted, Stippled, Streaked or Variegated
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Spatulate
Color description: lavender orchid reverse bitone with stippling, veining, and a slightly darker band
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2020
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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Lola Branham x unknown

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  • Daylily

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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2018-06-08
First bloom of the season
Location: Feistel-Driver garden at 2017 AHS Convention
Date: 2017-06-26
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2019-07-04
OBANNON ORCHID
Location: Little garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY
Location: AHS National Convention 2016
Date: 2016-07-01
Location: Garden of eScapes Bellevue KY
Date: 2016-08-19
Location: Garden of eScapes Bellevue KY
Date: 2015-07-24
Location: Denver, Colorado 5b
Date: 2020-07-08
Location: O'Bannon Springs Daylilies, Nashport OH
Full sun afternoon picture
Location: Southern Indiana Zone 6a 
Date: July 2023
Location: Feistel-Driver garden at 2017 AHS Convention
Date: 2017-06-23
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Denver, Colorado Zone 5b
Date: 2022-07-04
Location: Garden of eScapes Bellevue KY
Date: 2015-07-09
Location: Auburn, AL
Date: 2014
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-06-12
Location: Garden of eScapes Bellevue KY
Date: 2015-07-09
Location: auburn, alabama
Date: june 2016
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Photo Courtesy of O'Bannon Springs Daylilies. Used with Permissio
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Location: Garden of eScapes Bellevue KY
Date: 2015-07-09

Photo Courtesy of Lobo Rose and Daylily Gardens. Used with Permis
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Location: KALAMA WA
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