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Dec 6, 2016 6:01 PM CST
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Name: Becky
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'Absolute Ripper' is a evergreen tetraploid introduced in 2010 by Dan Hansen. Dan hybridizes at Ladybug Daylilies in Geneva, Florida. More information can be found on his website: http://ladybugdaylilies.com/

Absolute Ripper is an early bloomer with possible re-bloom. It is pollen fertile with currently one child: https://garden.org/plants/pare...

This plant can be found in the NGA Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Absolute Ripper') .

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Dec 6, 2016 8:40 PM CST
Name: David McCausland
Horseheads, NY (Zone 5a)
Daylilies Hostas Hybridizer Region: New York Plant and/or Seed Trader Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Can't wait to read what northern growers have to say about this one.

David
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Dec 13, 2016 4:30 PM CST
Name: Dnd
SE Michigan (Zone 6a)
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David, I'm a northern grower...

I just got Absolute Ripper this past year about mid- to late-season, so I only witnessed a few blooms for it, but it wowed me! I'm on a new computer, so I don't have any pictures handy, but I'll have to try and find some to post. I love how BIG the blooms on this are and this is one of my first toothy cultivars in my garden. I love it!

I'm trying to remember if it had a fragrance or not. I seem to think it might have had a light fragrance, but clearly nothing noteworthy on that scale or I'd likely remember it.

For hybridizing purposes, it seems to be a GREAT pollen parent. Since I only had a few blooms on my Absolute Ripper, though, I can't speak as to how good of a pod parent it is for me. I think I got 1-2 pods from it. I'm guessing I had 4 blooms total?...

If you like 'em big, if you like 'em toothy, or even if you just like 'em pretty and purple, I can definitely recommend Absolute Ripper.

As for hardiness, I haven't had it through a full year yet, but since I got it from another northern gardener, I have to imagine it is pretty hardy up here. Certainly through zone 6a, at the very least, but I'd wager it's hardy into zone 5b or even cooler.
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Dec 14, 2016 3:29 PM CST
Ohio (Zone 5a)
I am south of Michigan, but in a colder zone 5A, and got Absolute Ripper this year as well. It is reported to
"put teeth on a barn fence". I have gotten several of Dan Hansen's intros the last few years, and all seem to be
doing much better than many others I have gotten from Florida. Looks impressive to me so far.
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Jun 15, 2017 9:50 PM CST
Name: Dnd
SE Michigan (Zone 6a)
Daylilies Dog Lover Houseplants Organic Gardener I helped beta test the first seed swap Celebrating Gardening: 2015
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@Deryll
I'm just following up on the hardiness of Absolute Ripper and I'm sorry to say that it did not survive the winter in my garden. I don't have any solid ideas why not, but it was in a raised garden bed, so if it struggles in the older climate, the more exposed/colder temps of the raised bed might be what did it in.
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Aug 3, 2021 10:27 AM CST
Name: David McCausland
Horseheads, NY (Zone 5a)
Daylilies Hostas Hybridizer Region: New York Plant and/or Seed Trader Enjoys or suffers cold winters
It has made it through the past to winters in my Zone 5 garden. This year it put up a wonderful scape with many large blooms. When I got it, it was a single fan. It is now three fans. I am hoping that next year it will really start to take off.

David
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