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Apr 21, 2014 5:18 AM CST
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Last year I got some Kwanso. I loved its color and how tall it was. Then I learned it's a child of ditch lilies and has those hard core roots. I had to dig it up and move it.

Does anyone know about this one?
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Holiday Party')
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Apr 23, 2014 3:03 PM CST
Name: Anna Sartin
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Never seen that before, but it's BEAUTIFUL!
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Apr 23, 2014 3:12 PM CST
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So is Kwanso - and it's tall enough to look me in the eye, too!
But I don't want to accidentally buy another one that has ditchlily roots!
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Apr 24, 2014 6:19 AM CST
Name: Glen Ingram
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Yes, Critter, I have a noid that was not preforming well. It has flowered and looks interesting so I dug it out and moved it to a moister position. It is still struggling. But today, a month later, I was walking past where it once was and I can now see three daylilies growing quite vigorously about 8 inches from where it was. Duh?

This does not happen in my garden. I wonder what it is? I am sure it is not a ditchlily and looks an early spider type. But do some older cultivars have the same spreading habit as ditchlilies? It might be a clue in trying to identify my noid.

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Apr 24, 2014 6:24 AM CST
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Got me stumped!
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Apr 24, 2014 6:45 AM CST
Name: Larry
Enterprise, Al. 36330 (Zone 8b)
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Why does the data base show the color of Ditch Lily as just plain "Orange"? How about the yellow throat? Could it be a fulva spider cross? Are we in for an invasion of the Ditch Spiders?
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Apr 24, 2014 7:01 AM CST
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also stumped.
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Apr 24, 2014 8:21 AM CST
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Seedfork said:Why does the data base show the color of Ditch Lily as just plain "Orange"? How about the yellow throat? Could it be a fulva spider cross? Are we in for an invasion of the Ditch Spiders?


well I think it is just a given that a daylily has a colored throat. I guess a few would have a throat the same color as the petals, but not many. I think the color on the database is referring to the petal color. I always thought though that the Kwansa had a band or eye of darker orange in it?
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Apr 24, 2014 1:33 PM CST
Name: Larry
Enterprise, Al. 36330 (Zone 8b)
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Well, for example look at Red Volunteer "clear candle red self with gold yellow throat".
This is 'Kwanso'


This is Ditch Lily
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Apr 24, 2014 3:01 PM CST
Name: Ann
Manhattan, KS (Zone 5b)
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I don't grow HOLIDAY PARTY, but have seen it growing in many gardens in my region. It's a favorite around here--beautiful and very hardy, hybridized by the late Frank Kropf of Missouri. Definitely not a ditch lily relative!
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Apr 24, 2014 3:24 PM CST
Name: Larry
Enterprise, Al. 36330 (Zone 8b)
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Sorry, I did get off topic there! 'Holiday Party':
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