Background history:

'Trump Card' is a dormant introduced in 2003 by Reilly.

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Trump Card') .

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Trump Card')

I obtained a DF of Trump Card in the spring of 2021 from Partridge Hill Gardens.

The plant has bloomed the last two seasons seasons in my garden and rebloomed this year for the first time. The blooms are pretty though not profuse. It has some drawbacks: it should be a little taller to show the blooms to best advantage, it's slow to increase, and it does get rust. I wouldn't say it's a rust magnet, but several times per season, I have to trim off rusty leaves.

Trump Card is pod fertile. I crossed it with Elizabethan Minerva to get a little more height and rust resistance. We will see if that works out.

I received Trump Card as a bonus from Darlyn Wilkinson of Greywood Farms in 2021. It sat at four fans for a while, blooming in 2022 from June 30-August 2nd with at least 29 blooms. Sadly, very few of them were any good, most of them were a blotch fest.

This year, Trump Card bloomed from July 2 to August 16th with at least 46 blooms. It ended the season with 6 fans, finally growing two more. The flowers were much better, but almost none of them were blemish free. I like how floriferous this plant is, the shortness doesn't bother me. But, so far, the blooms are not that great on close inspection. I'm hoping it will grow out of this or it will have to give up its spot to something with flowers that behave.

@Zoia I have noticed blotchiness on some blooms, too. I wonder if it is susceptible to thrip damage.

I grew TRUMP CARD for several years. It was on the short side, but that did not bother me. It tended to have blotchy blooms and I always felt that the color was muddy and I did not find that very attractive. It was well budded, but slow to increase.

David