Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Webster
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1990
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 32 inches
Bloom size: 11 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Crispate
Color description: bright red spider self with green chartreuse throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1995

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: Tetraploid
Child plants: 89 child plants

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Location: Wisconsin zone 5a
Date: 2020-07-14

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Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2008
RED SUSPENDERS

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Location: My garden in zone 5/6 Indiana. 
Date: 7/7/14
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2023-06-22

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Location: Creveling Garden, outside Philly
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Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2019-07-18
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Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-07-31
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Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2019-07-18
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Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin
Date: 2014-07-07

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Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2014-06-29
Red Suspenders, Webster 1990
Location: The Lily Farm near Center, Texas
Date: 2015-06-10

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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-07-24
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Location: Vermont
Date: 2008-07-18
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI (DKP)
Date: 2006-07-28
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-06-26
Location: Knoxville, TN

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Location: my garden
Date: 2013-07-10

Date: 2009-08-23
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Location: My garden in Old Town, Fl
Date: 2018-05-18
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2015-07-11
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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2015-07-11
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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-07-19
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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI (DKP)
Date: 2011-07-24
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI (DKP)
Date: 2011-07-24
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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-07-26
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Date: 2008-06-09
Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
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