Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Kennedy-Allgood
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1991
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 24 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Late
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Bicolor or Reverse Bicolor
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: strawberry and cream bicolor with light green throat

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: Diploid
Child plants: 16 child plants

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Date: 2013-07-28
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Location: white lake, Michigan
Date: 2015-07-22
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Date: 2017-08-04

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Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2016-08-08
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Location: Melvindale, Mi. 48122
Date: Late July 2012

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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI (DKP)
Date: 2009-09-13
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI (DKP)
Date: 2009-09-13

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Date: 2010-03-05
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