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Jun 4, 2022 6:01 PM CST
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Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
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Background history:

'Catcher in the Eye' is a evergreen introduced in 2001 by Kinnebrew-J..

It has earned the following AHS awards:
Award of Merit: 2008
Honorable Mention: 2004
RWM: 2008

This plant can be found in our Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Catcher in the Eye') .

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Catcher in the Eye')
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Jun 4, 2022 9:07 PM CST
Athens, Ohio (Zone 6a)
Didn't open well here and scapes short.
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Jun 4, 2022 11:15 PM CST
Name: Trudy
Youngsville, LA (Zone 9b)
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New to me this Spring 2022. I love the muted shades of raspberry to mauve with yellowish center. It bloomed a long time over a month on 24". scapes. A new favorite of my 60 day lilies.
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Jun 5, 2022 10:02 AM CST
Name: Avedon
NE Tex (Zone 8a)
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A bonus plant from several years ago, never really did do much here and was passed along to someone else.
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Jun 5, 2022 7:10 PM CST
Name: Dianne
Eagle Bay, New York (Zone 3b)
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I've had Catcher in the Eye in the gardens for about five years ... which makes it cold-hardy to zone 3. It's not in the best location, which is why I'm moving it to a new spot this year, but it has bloomed reliably every year.

It's slightly smaller than the stats, both in height and bloom size, but that may be due to location and / or zone. But the applique pattern is unmistakeable and shows up very distinctly even from a distance.

I do think that moving it this year to a better location may give it the boost it needs - when I first put it into the gardens, it was in full sun; but in the past several years, it's fallen under the expanding shade of a nearby oak tree. Moving it back to full sun will, I believe, up the bud count.

That said, it's still a very hardy and healthy daylily, with no issues at all - no pests, no diseases, no rust. If it has not met full expectations then, in my gardens, I would have to say: the fault of poor location is mine.
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