Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Santa Lucia
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1996
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 36 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Rust Resistance: Shows Resistance
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 1.0
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: orange red self with yellow to green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2003

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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Latin Passion x Tet. Big Apple
Child plants: 16 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2011-07-06
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Date: 2016-06-30
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Date: 2019-07-10
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Date: 2019-07-15
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Date: 2021-07-11
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Date: 2006-06-29
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2017-09-14

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Date: 2021-06-29
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Date: 2017-08-03

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Date: 2017-09-29
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Date: 2019-07-11
Location: Buford, Georgia
Date: 2019-06-13
Huge Blooms - Third year of owning this daylily
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2007-06-23
Location: Warne, NC
Date: 2020-06-30
DESERT FLAME
Location: Mt. Sterling Ky
Date: 2017-07-16
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-07-17

Date: 2019-07-16
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Date: 2020-07-13
SANTA LUCIA
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 6/22/21
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Location: Warne, NC
Date: 2019-07-04
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Date: 5/17/21
Early morning almost open
Plant Events from our members
dgoddard On June 11, 2020 Bloomed
Big beautiful blooms - June, July, and into August 2020.
dgoddard On June 13, 2019 Bloomed
Big Blooms!
DeweyRooter On September 22, 2021 Obtained plant
Received 2 DFs from Ogden Station Daylilies. Potted up.
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