Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Stamile
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2008
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 28 inches
Bloom size: 5.75 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Early Morning Opener (EMO)
Bud Count: 46 & over
Branching: 8-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: red with darker eye and edge above green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2016
Honorable Mention: 2013
DCS: 2019

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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: (Virgil Earp x Sue Brown) x Tet. Peppermint Delight
Child plants: 8 child plants

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  • Daylily

'Walter Kennedy' was a featured
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Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-06-25
Location: my garden
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-29
Location: New Jersey
Date: July 2021
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2013-07-21
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2012-04-17
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Location: Gulf-coast Texas
Date: 2017-04-29
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Date: 2021-06-09
Walter Kennedy
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-28

Date: 2021-06-10
Walter Kennedy

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Location: My zone 4b garden
Date: 2018-07-14

Date: 2008-06-25
Photo courtesy of Pat Stamile
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2018-06-13
Photo by farmerbell
Location: Gulf-coast Texas
Date: 2017-04-29
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2023-07-07
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Location: Home garden
Date: June 30, 2014
Location: Home garden
Date: June 30, 2014
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Date: 2013-07-15
Location: my garden

Photo courtesy of Patrick Guidry
Location: My Garden
Date: 2014-07-25
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2016-11-05
Location: Fort Worth TX
Date: 2010-05-20
Daylily (Hemerocallis \"Walter Kennedy\")

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Location: My garden
Date: July-13-2015
Photo by farmerbell
Location: Pinellas Park, FL
Date: 2015-05-02
Bay Area Daylily Society Show and Sale
Location: Gulf-coast Texas
Date: 2015-05-13

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Location: my garden
Date: July 2, 2022
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2018-07-15

Photo courtesy Maryott's Gardens. Used with permission.
Location: My garden in Southeast Virginia, Zone 8
Date: 2020-09-27
Abundant Daylilies
Photo by farmerbell
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2017-06-08

Photo courtesy of Patrick Guidry
Plant Events from our members
value4dollars On March 18, 2015 Obtained plant
beckygardener On September 12, 2016 Obtained plant
Received 2 double fans (4 fans total) from Maryott's. Potted up.
GaNinFl On May 18, 2019 Obtained plant
Gift from Gena
Pat236 On March 15, 2024 Obtained plant
Received a small fan as a bonus from Breeze on the Lily Auction. Planted in the side bed.
Pat236 On March 18, 2021 Obtained plant
Received two double fans from Breeze. Planted in two patio pots.
DeweyRooter On September 4, 2022 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
Plant reduced to one small fan. Sent up north.
DeweyRooter On June 18, 2021 Obtained plant
Received eight fans from MP Flower Gardens. Potted up.
Seedfork On October 10, 2021 Obtained plant
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