Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Kirchhoff-D.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1991
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 30 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Rust Resistance: Shows Susceptibility
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 3.5
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: yellow with mauve rose edge and mauve rose eyezone above green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 1998
Honorable Mention: 1995

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Mango Coral x Jungle Ballet
Child plants: 29 child plants

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  • Daylily

'Russian Easter' was a featured
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Uploaded by blue23rose
Location: southern KY
Date: 2018-07-02
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2011-06-27
RUSSIAN EASTER
Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2016-01-17

Date: 2008-07-06
Uploaded by blue23rose
Uploaded by blue23rose
Location: Concord, NC zone 7
Date: 2016-06-07
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2020-07-22
Russian Easter
Uploaded by hanesh
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: July 2014
Location: University City, Missouri, zone 6
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2023-07-31
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Russian Easter')
Location: University City, Missouri, zone 6
Location: South Australia
Date: 2014-10-23
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2010-06-25

Date: 2011-07-20
Location: southern KY
Date: 6/8/2019
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-08-04
Uploaded by Joy
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2020-07-21
Photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: Concord, NC zone 7
Date: 2016-06-07
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2010-07-18
  • Uploaded by Joy
Uploaded by Newyorkrita
Location: MY GARDEN
Date: 2005-06-28
Location: Concord, NC
Date: 2015-07-13
FFO
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-07-23
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2011-07-16
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2003-06-28
Uploaded by sooby

   Photo Courtesy of Manatawny Creek Farm Used With Permission
  • Uploaded by vic
Uploaded by touchofsky

Photo Courtesy of Island Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2011-07-17

Photo Courtesy of E and B Farm Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic

Photo Courtesy of Garden Perennials. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
Photo by Gail Morgan of BX Creek Daylilies. Used with permission.

Photo Courtesy of A-1 Daylilies. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Mystic Meadows Daylily Farm. Used with Permissi
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Nottawasaga Daylilies. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Milford, New Hampshire
Date: 2023-07-08
photo by:  Rob Duval

Date: 2004-08-12
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Woods Daylily Gardens, Au. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2012-04-29
Photo Courtesy of Walnut Hill Gardens Used With Permission. Unaut
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2017-07-16
photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2017-07-22
photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2019-07-24
photo credit: Robert Duval
Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 13, 2013 6:32 PM concerning plant:
    I have had Russian Easter for many years now. It blooms faithfully each summer up in the top section of my terraces garden. Pictures don't do this flower justice. It is so pretty in person.
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