Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Apps
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1990
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom size: 4.37 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Branching: 6-way
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: black violet with black eyezone and bright green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1994

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: (Baby Darling x Bridget) x Super Purple
Child plants: 3 child plants

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  • Daylily

'Royal Occasion' was a featured
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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-07-10
Note 3-part pistil. Is this unusual?
Location: springfield MO
Date: 2015-07-12
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-07-19
Amazing cultivar: six-way branching on strong scapes -> lots of b

Date: 2017-07-03
This photo really captures the vivid color.

Date: 2006-07-04
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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania 17565
Date: 2017-07-08
branching

Date: 2010-06-28

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by csandt (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jul 19, 2017 8:54 AM concerning plant:
    This is an amazing cultivar for its prolific blooms. Six-way branching on strong scapes produces lots of blooms held above the foliage. Blooms are heavy substance.
  • Posted by csandt (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jul 13, 2017 8:49 AM concerning plant:
    I have had Royal Occasion for one year (planted July, 2016), and I am very pleased with its performance in my zone 6b garden. It has six-way branching on some scapes and five-way branching on others, and the blooms are lovely. It has already produced a very nice clump.
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