Background history:

'Frank Gladney' is a evergreen tetraploid introduced in 1979 by Durio.

It has earned the following AHS awards:
Award of Merit: 1987
Honorable Mention: 1984
JC: 1979

This plant can be found in our Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Frank Gladney') .

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Frank Gladney')

I've grown Frank Gladney since the mid 80's, and even though it's a tad short, and has that one wonky petal, I still like it. Ken Durio was doing some interesting work with converted plants in those days, and it was quite the thing to have. I prefer green throats, but Frank Gladney has a nice creamy amber throat and watermark that blends well with the tropical color. It's a strong grower, makes husky fans, and puts on a good show in a clump. In spite of its low height, the flowers aren't buried in the foliage. The flowers are accurately registered at 6.5 inches, and because all the segments are large and wide, they hold their size throughout the season.

It has big beautiful flowers and has always been a favorite.A strange thing about it though is the spent blooms make the most sloppy mess to deadhead I have seen in a daylily.

Big flowers, with nice tropical color, though form is quite plain. Do I still have it? Not sure; I had this evergreen at a friend's garden and it did not multiply strongly there. Here is an old picture with South Seas.