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'Spacecoast Francis Busby' is a evergreen introduced in 2010 by Kinnebrew-J..

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Spacecoast Francis Busby') .

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Spacecoast Francis Busby')

I have had this one for years. I was entranced by pictures of it a friend posted, and she loves it. I have lost several Spacecoast daylilies so hesitated to add it, but gave it a shot. It is a great plant and a very hardy evergreen. Last winter was very cold, I did notice I lost some fans.

I was ready to get rid of this cultivar but decided to give it one more year. Boy, am I glad I did! This bloom was stop in your tracks beautiful. I would put it in my top 10 from last year and I have a few…lol. It is even more beautiful than my camera can capture. Let it 'settle in', and you will have a nice reward!

I planted this cultivar last Fall and it is struggling to come up this Spring. We had some brutal December weather and I've likely lost most of my Spacecoast cultivars. Just have to play the waiting game.

This cultivar ranks very high with me. I've had it since 2012. The Kennebrews gave it to me the day they showed my husband and me how to build raised boxes. They were very nice people!

This cultivar always puts on a show and when it's in full bloom, people who see it want it. I give parts away about every 3 years. It doubles it's size every 3 years and seldom gets rust. Aphids, yes. Rust, no.

In 2022, my plant had 10 scapes with 71 blooms. It started blooming May 3 and ended August 14.
In 2021, Francis has 7 scapes with 44 blooms. Started blooming April 22 and ended June 5.
In 2000 I shared this plant in January. Even so, it started blooming April 23 and ended August 28. Francis had 8 scapes with 58 blooms.

Spacecoast Francis Busby has been a real work horse in my garden!

Up here, it has taken a while to establish. Planted in September 2020, I got some bloom the first July and would have gotten more but it was chomped by a stray deer. However it grew from 2 to 4 fans

Last year, SFB bloomed from July 7-28, with 37 blooms. However throughout the first half of its bloom cycle, most of the blooms were ugly, hung up and lumpy. I was getting very frustrated but when we hit a heat wave, this plant started to do very well. I'm not sure if it was heat or the Daylily hitting its stride but I'm willing to wait to find out. By October, it was up to 10 fans with no rust, even though many plants around it were suffering badly.

This April SFB is down to 7 fans, so it lost a few over the winter. Seems to me, this plant is probably happier in warmer climes but can survive and hopefully do well here once it's established.








And here is what it looks like when it's hanging up…at least it's sort of floppy and curls in on itself

After reading the reviews on this cultivar, I looked it up on the Spacecoast website and found that he spelled the name as "Frances" (the female form of the name). The plant is named for a friend. I looked up "Frances Busby," and she was a daylily person from Valdosta, GA. So I think the registration should be "Frances." This has probably come up before, but how difficult is it to get a registered name corrected?

http://www.spacecoastdaylilies...

I don't think it is hard, the hybridizer just has to fill out the paperwork and pay the fee to make the correction. I feel sure it has to be approved.

I wonder why they have never done it. This plant is enormously popular, and that is a big mistake.

This CV is one of my favorites and is a constant performer in my landscape. It is a prolific bloomer, multiplies at a good pace.

It's blooming this morning in fact.



Thanks Arlene!!!!

Glad you enjoy it, Stan!

2023 update…a great summer for Spacecoast Francis Busby. She bloomed from July 9-29 with 43 blooms counted. She also put on another fan and ended the season with 8. She seems to be slightly soft here, so I'll probably see a few fans lost each winter but she'll make more during the growing season. Flowers were beautiful all season this year, no problems with flopping or curling. I'm thinking that might have to do with hydration and getting ( or not getting) enough water.