Background history:

'Lillian's Crazy Arms' is a semi-evergreen diploid introduced in 2002 by Fred Manning. Fred's hybridizing takes place at the Daylily Place in Lillian, Alabama. Fred is an active member of ATP whose username is "Spunky1".

Fred Manning's Daylily Place website:
http://www.daylilyplace.net/

You can read more about Fred's daylilies on this thread: The thread "And the WINNER is......." in Daylilies forum

Lillian's Crazy Arms is a mid-season polymerous bloomer with possible re-bloom. It has earned the Honorable Mention: 2008 AHS award. It shows rust resistance. It is listed as both pod and pollen fertile. There is currently no registered children.

This plant can be found in the NGA Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Lillian's Crazy Arms') .

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Lillian's Crazy Arms')

I love this poly. It has a high poly % and sometimes throws 5x5's. It is registered as having 2 way branching but often does better for me. The fact that it's fertile both ways is also a big plus.

I also love this poly that increases well here in northern KY.
This picture was taken on a cool over cast morning. Color is not usually this bright and fades with heat and sun. Poly percentage is high with some 5x5s. Since blooms are larger and it clumps well, the bud count/branching is no biggie to me as several blooms are usually open in the clump. A keeper in my garden.

I really love this daylily, but I think I've only had one poly bloom on it so far. I bought mine from Lisa, above, so I'm sure it will get around to doing its thing eventually! In the meantime, I'm really enjoying it! It is increasing well here, which is great. I can't wait to see more poly blooms!

I also acquired Lillian's Crazy Arms from Lisa in 2016. Here is a bloom from it's FIRST season in the garden. Wow! Just imagine what the future will bring.

Crossed Lillian's Crazy Arms X Gudrid in 2018.

Here are a couple sibs in 2019:

I've had Lillian's Crazy Arms for several years and have never been disappointed. I think it well deserves the Honorable Mention award it got in 2008. The bloom is huge but what I what really knocks me out is the scape. It's registered as having 2 way branching but in my garden it's better than that. It also has a ton of blooms and is fertile both ways.
Thank you, Spunky1, for this great plant.