Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Millikan-B.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1988
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 24 inches
Bloom size: 4 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: scarlet edged cream with green throat

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: Diploid
Parentage: Siloam Red Ruby x Umbra
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

'Comic Strip' was a featured
Plant of the Day for May 16, 2018.
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This one deserves to be moved closer to my house
Location:  Bronx NY
Date: July 1, 2014
FFE

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
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Location: Köln, Germany
Date: 2009

Photo Courtesy of Earlybird Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Location: My garden in Westland, Mi.
Date: 2013-07-22

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Strongs Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by bxncbx (NYC - Zone 7a) on Feb 14, 2018 10:49 AM concerning plant:
    Although registered as a dormant, my potted Comic Strip acts more like a semi-evergreen. This explains why it hasn't multiplied well for me. Comic Strip did produce a proliferation in 2017 but it did not survive.

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