Background history:

'Smiling Ladies' is a evergreen diploid introduced in 2001 by Arnold-L.

This plant can be found in our Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Smiling Ladies') .

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Smiling Ladies')

I got Smiling Ladies from @stilldew in 2017. She bloomed in 2018. Lovely flowers, took pollen easily. I counted 52 seeds from a total of 2 pods. The flowers were good sized, but on a sort scape. I hope they've survived the winter and I look forward to seeing the blooms this year.
*Carries a gene for albanism- showed in the cross Smiling Ladies x Erin Farmer*

I've grown Smiling Ladies for a number of years and the big ruffled blooms always do make me smile. The flowers are really larger than they look in photos and tend to be rather flat and up facing. I agree with Diana that the scapes are a little short. I grow it very near the front sidewalk which makes it perfect for people walking by to view. The color is what I call a true pink with no hint of peach.