Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Stamile
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2008
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 38 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Early Morning Opener (EMO)
Bud Count: 41-45
Branching: 5-way
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: cream with violet eye and edge above green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2020
Honorable Mention: 2017
DCS: 2020

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: Rock Solid x Tet. Peppermint Delight
Child plants: 13 child plants

Image
Common names
  • Daylily

'Thomas Tew' was a featured
Plant of the Day for October 4, 2016.
Photo Gallery
Location: Bell's Daylily Garden 2010 National
Date: 2010-05-28
Thomas Tew
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-28
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Location: Ocala, FL
Date: 2020-04-25
Location: Shores of Miserva
Date: 7.19.2015
Location: Home garden
Date: 9.24.2014
Rebloom
Location: Iowa
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2021-07-31
first bloom here in pot
Location: Home garden
Date: 9.24.2014
Late evening
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2021-07-31
Location: My garden
Date: 2023-06-23
Location: Spring, Tx
Date: May 2016
Location: My zone 4b garden
Date: 2019-07-15
Location: Shores of Miserva
Date: 7.19.2015
Location: Mexico, Missouri 
Date: 2020-06-30
Taken on an overcast morning
Location: My Yard
Date: 2017-05-23
Photo by bluegrassmom
Location: Horse Cave, KY  Zone 6b
Date: 2016-06-21

Date: 2008-09-22
Photo courtesy of Pat Stamile
Location: McKinney, TX
Date: 2016-05-16
Hemerocallis 'Thomas Tew'
Location: My garden, Stafford, VA
Date: 2011-06-30
Thomas Tew
Location: Singing Oakes Garden, Blythewood, SC
Date: 2019-06-05
Late Morning Image

Photo Courtesy of Fairyscape Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Location: Dreamy Daylilies - Chatham-Kent, Ontario   5b
Date: 2013-07-03

Date: 2012-01-23
Photo Courtesy of Walnut Hill Gardens Used With Permission. Unaut
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Photo Courtesy of Something New Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Photo by bluegrassmom
Location: My zone 4b garden
Date: 2018-06-24
Location: Stockbridge, GA
Date: 2015-05-26
Location: Stockbridge, GA
Date: 2014-06-16
Location: in a raiised bed next to my driveway (dappled shade) north of Atlanta, GA
Date: 2013-05-27
Bought this beauty in Feb from a south GA grower. This is the fir
Photo by DianeSeeds

Photo courtesy of Patrick Guidry
Location: Singing Oakes Garden, Blythewood, SC
Date: 2016-08-05

Photo courtesy of Patrick Guidry
Location: University City, Missouri, zone 6
Date: July 1, 2009
Location: St. Peters, Missouri, zone 6
Date: June 23, 2011

Photo courtesy Maryott's Gardens. Used with permission.
Photo by bluegrassmom

Photo Courtesy of Hillside Daylilies. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-16
Location: Southern Indiana
Date: Early morning.  June 2022
Comments:
  • Posted by bluegrassmom (South central KY - Zone 6b) on Mar 26, 2021 8:23 PM concerning plant:
    This is one of my top 10 favorite dayllies. I look forward to this one every bloom season. Not had a lot of luck setting pods. Great in a clump. Average increase.
Plant Events from our members
fstins1 On April 6, 2011 Obtained plant
Pat236 On June 19, 2023 Bloomed
Plants in the back bed top slope received from Indian Camp are blooming.
Pat236 On June 5, 2023 Bloomed
Plants in the front bed are blooming.
Pat236 On May 29, 2023 Bloomed
Plants in the front and back bed flats are blooming.
Pat236 On April 15, 2023 Obtained plant
Received a double fan from Indian Camp. Planted in the back bed top slope.
Pat236 On October 11, 2022 Obtained plant
Received a small double fan from Indian Camp. Planted in the back bed top slope.
Pat236 On October 7, 2022 Obtained plant
Removed Daylily and Iris Obsession plants from pot and planted in the back bed slope near Jamaican Paradise.
Pat236 On July 7, 2022 Obtained plant
Received a double fan from Daylilies and Iris Obsession. Pot planted for now.
Pat236 On May 26, 2022 Bloomed
Plants are blooming in the side bed...two locations and in the back bed both locations.
Pat236 On May 23, 2022 Bloomed
First bloom of thee season on plants in the side bed.
Pat236 On May 19, 2022 Bloomed
First bloom of the season on Schreiners's in the back bed top right slope…two blooms
Pat236 On April 1, 2022 Obtained plant
Received a double fan from Breeze. Planted in the side bed.
Pat236 On September 17, 2021 Obtained plant
Received two double fans from Schreiners. Planted one double fan in the side bed. Planted the other fan in the back bed top right slope.
Pat236 On August 12, 2021 Obtained plant
Received a double fan from Schreiners. Planted in the back bed bottom right slope.
Pat236 On May 26, 2021 Obtained plant
First bloom of the season on plants in the back bed flats.
Pat236 On March 18, 2021 Obtained plant
Received a double fan from Breeze. Planted in the front bed.
Pat236 On May 25, 2020 Bloomed
First bloom of the season on front bed plants.
Pat236 On June 4, 2019 Bloomed
Huge bloom this morning on the plants in the side bed. I thought these has rotted.
Pat236 On August 13, 2018 Obtained plant
Received a huge clump from MP Flower Garden. Planted in the front side bed.
amberjewel On July 13, 2016 Obtained plant
Obtained from Maryott's and planted.
GaNinFl On May 4, 2017 Bloomed
FFE in my garden and its first of the 2017 season
beckygardener On September 12, 2016 Obtained plant
Received 3 fans from Maryott's. Potted up.
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