Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Maryott
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2011
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 28 inches
Bloom size: 5.25 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Bud Count: 16-20
Branching: 2-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Applique/Appliqué
Eye or Band
Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: orange applique throat RHS 29A with deep grayed orange petals and sepals RHS 35A, slight purple eye, orange edge with prominent tentacles

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: sdlg F242D x ((Spacecoast Starburst x Darla Anita) x Wild Cherry Round Up)
Child plants: 6 child plants

Image
Common names
  • Daylily

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Date: 2015-05-10
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Date: 6/10/14
Location: My garden in Northwest Arkansas
Date: 2014-06-07
First daylily to bloom in my garden
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Date: 2017-05-19
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Date: 2021-07-14
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Date: May 13, 2012
Location: 52301
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Date: 2016-06-15 
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Location: Bronx NY
Date: 2017-06-23
Location: 52301
Date: 6/30/2022
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2021-07-20
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: May 11, 2012
I think this picture really shows the sculpting on the petals.

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Location: North Carolina
Date: 2023-06-02
Prickly Sensation
Photo by lyle627
Location: Wilmington, DE
Date: 2012-06-13
Metallic Edge of Prickly Sensation
Location: southern KY
Date: 2018-06-18
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: May 13, 2012 
I love the subtle eye on this daylily, and it's starting to show

Taken at Maryott's Daylily Gardens

Picture taken at Maryott's Daylily Garden

Picture taken at Maryott's Daylily Gardens
Photo by dormantsrule
Location: Florence, KY
Date: 2016-06-20 
Prickly Sensation

Photo courtesy Maryott's Gardens. Used with permission.
Location: Little garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY
Date: 6/11/15
Photo by LALAMBCHOP
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Date: Nov. 11, 2011 - later in the day
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-08-08
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