Background history:

'Super Purple' is a semi-evergreen diploid introduced in 1979 by Dove.

It has earned the following AHS awards:
Award of Merit: 1989
Honorable Mention: 1984
JEM: 1986

This plant can be found in the ATP Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Super Purple') .

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Super Purple')

'Super Purple' has only been planted in my garden since April 3rd 2015, it was purchased from In The Neighborhood Daylilies.It had it's first bloom on May 28th 2015, and it was very impressive the best I recall. I think I purchased 22 daylilies in that order and 'Super Purple' would rank close to the top performer out of those. It has grown into a nice plant, it has had some rust, but showed good resistance, it had a stout scape and held its blooms up well. I hope to keep better records of my bloom times, and bud counts, etc. next year. Even without those, I do have a feeling 'Super Purple' is going to be a good performer in my garden.

Larry....so would you say it would be a super performer?

I'll reserve judgement for a while on that, but I do think it has the potential to become a super performer!

I bought Super Purple based on its rust resistance score of 1.3 and @Seedfork Larry's positive review above. I received four fans of Super Purple from Moonlight Valley Farms in September of 2021.

Super Purple has bloomed for me and has not shown any rust, and that is the sum of positive comments I can make about it two years later. It has not increased, has not reached anywhere close to its registered height, and it has put out just a few blooms in each of the two seasons its been in my garden.

In all fairness to the plant, I think its location may be an issue. I thought I had planted it in a great spot in a bed with several other thriving daylilies, but I planted Irish Envy next to it, and that plant hasn't increased either. So both of them probably need to be moved. I will try Super Purple in a different bed and then will report back next year. I hope its performance will improve as its blooms are lovely.

One of my personal favorites, I strive to always have this one on hand. You just can't beat the true, KoolAid purple of this bloom. Grows very well for me in Z8 in hot, humid, southeast Texas.