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Mar 3, 2017 6:01 PM CST
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Name: Jonathan Whitinger
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'Keep on Looking' is a semi-evergreen tetraploid introduced in 2009 by Smith-FR.

This plant can be found in the NGA Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Keep on Looking') .

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Keep on Looking')
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Mar 3, 2017 7:19 PM CST
Name: Ginny G
Central Iowa (Zone 5a)
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I planted Keep on Looking in May of 2016 after receiving it from Gaskins Daylily Garden. Although the fans increased, it never sent up any scapes last summer. It was the only daylily I planted last Spring and Summer that didn't bloom. Hopefully it will bloom this summer. Also, the advertised images were much brighter than what is showing on NGA so I would love to know if anyone has anything that bloomed with colors anywhere close to what I thought I ordered:

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Nov 22, 2023 12:26 AM CST
Ohio (Zone 5a)
I had Keep On Looking along with Keep On Loving for a few years, and they did bloom, but were very weak plants and had weak scapes here. They didn't stick around very long, but I have to say that the flowers were very pretty, although not very many of them this far north. I think this one prefers special treatment and a warmer environment, but it's a great plant for hybridizers looking for those full form ruffled flowers. The photo Ginny is showing is the accurate color that I had here. They were not at all pale as in the other photos, but I can't recall if the colors remained colorfast for the entire day, which could be the reason for the discrepancy in color. All I remember was that it was rather short, and the plants were very weak for me. I do seem to recall that mine did try oh so hard to rebloom, but the second set of scapes were extremely short and only had a very few buds- like maybe two or three at the very most. First scapes were also shy in bud counts with no more than six or seven, but that might be climate related as Ohio isn't the target growing area for this plant. I would treat it as an evergreen- even though it survived here.
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