Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Griesbach-Klehm
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1979
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 21 inches
Bloom size: 5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason-Late
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: red self

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: Tetraploid
Child plants: 19 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 29, 2022
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-08-04
Rebloom scape alongside first bloom scape with seed pod
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-06-14
Location: Southern Michigan
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 27, 2021
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-06-18
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-08-17
Ruby Throat
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2021-06-29
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2010-08-06
Daylily, Hemerocallis 'Ruby Throat' close up
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI (KMP)
Date: 2011-08-04
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2018-06-25
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2010-08-06
Daylily (Hemerocallis) 'Ruby Throat'
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI (KMP)
Date: 2011-08-04
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-07-25
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Ruby Throat') up close

Date: 2018-07-16
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-07-31
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Ruby Throat') close view

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: Taken in my garden
Date: 2011-06-17
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-25
Taken on a very hot (90+) and humid day
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI (KMP)
Date: 2011-08-04
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Image Courtesy of Monches Farm Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
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Location: Taken in my garden
Date: 2011-06-17
Location: Taken in my garden
Date: 2011-06-26
Comparison of Ruby Throat and Persian Ruby.
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2015-07-25
Taken on a very hot (90+) and humid day

Photo Courtesy of Island Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.
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Location: SMDS Daylily Show, MI
Date: 2009-07-18

Courtesy American Daylily and Perennials
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   Photo Courtesy of Smokeys Daylily Gardens Used with Permission
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Date: 2009-01-13
Photo Courtesy of Liliana Flower Farm Used With Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Tranquil Lake Nursery. Used with Permission
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