Background history:

'Getting Airborne' is a dormant introduced in 2006 by Gossard.

It has earned the following AHS awards:
Honorable Mention: 2009

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

Please join in, if you own this plant! We would love to know more! I award an acorn for performance information posted to this thread.



Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Getting Airborne')

It shows I have had this one since 2016, I have it planted in the back where it can get some late afternoon shade to help hold that dark color, It has pretty good sunfast color anyway. It height varies somewhat and I am not sure about the bud count I think it varies each year according with rain @ such has good color on a tall mid purple

One of the best tall ones I grow. It has big beautiful blooms and sturdy scapes.

So glad I got this one last year, but am afraid I can't really say too much about it yet. I did let it bloom on a short scape to make sure that it was GA. Will have to come back in a year or so to write more.

Maybe my camera settings were off, because it didn't come out as purple as many of the pictures in the database. Am hoping to get better pictures this year. Or maybe it is just my soil.

No bloom this year, but plant seams to be doing fine. Looking forward to this season.

Hemerocallis 'Getting Airborne' 7/2021 Dily- (Gossard, 2006) Tall Purple Daylily Dily, Mature size: 56", Purple self above green throat , USDA Hardiness Zone 3, Michigan Bloom Week ISO WW26, In Garden Bed D3 for 21 MONTHS (Ogden). Planted in 2019.

American Daylily Society: Getting Airborne (Gossard, 2006)
height 56 in.(142 cm), bloom 10.5 in.(27 cm), season M, Dormant, Tetraploid, 22 buds, 5 branches, Unusual Form Crispate-Cascade, Purple self above green throat. (Ron Dunn × Royal Celebration)
Awards: HM 2009

Honorable Mention: 2009. Greenhouse pot dies 2018. Moved from K4 (2 years) to D0 island on 9/16/2019.

Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Additional photos of this plant from 2017, 18, %2, 19, 20, 21:

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Well, Getting Airborne either didn't send up any scapes in 2022 or else I just didn't get pictures of it that year. So I only have pictures from 2023 to report on and I believe Getting Airborne still has some growing to do since it is still only 4 fans, so am expecting to see it improve again in 2024. I don't see much rust here in zone 6b, and have not seen any on it.

June 27, 2023 -Getting Airborne bloomed from about mid-June until mid-July. It sits at the back of this bed and the bed slopes a little, giving the appearance that the back row is not as tall as should be. I do think Getting Airborne will get a little taller this year. Registered heights: Orange Splash (41"), Green Arrow (46"), Getting Airborne (56"), Panic in Detroit (40" - much taller than registered!), and Zelazny (36").


June 29, 2023 - Most of my pictures tend to make it look more red than purple, but this picture turned out pretty accurate. Gudrid is registered at 48" tall. To the right are some Getting Airborne scapes showing branching. I didn't get a bud count. Both Getting Airborne and Gudrid are EMO's and are fully open around 6am.
Side note: Just a few hours later this day, our neighbor's tree fell over in a windstorm and came very close to wiping out this daylily bed.



July 15, 2023 - The last day Getting Airborne bloomed this year. Another grouping showing height compared to others. Heavenly United We Stand was divided a few years ago and has taken its sweet time getting back to normal height of 51".

Vickie, you have a great collection of tall daylilies. I have several of the daylilies that you have posted, but they are mostly in different gardens. Your photos are excellent.

Thank you, Frank! Your threads about tall daylilies got me hooked on them and they have become favorites of mine! As long as the scapes are sturdy enough to hold up the blooms, I'm a happy camper, lol.