Background history:

'Patchwork Puzzle' is a dormant tetraploid introduced in 1990 by Elizabeth Salter. Jeff and Elizabeth Salter hybridize at Rollingwood Garden in Gainesville, Florida.

More information can be found on the Salter's Rollingwood Garden website:
http://www.salterdaylilies.com...

Patchwork Puzzle is an early to mid-season bloomer with possible rebloom. It shows a rust resistance rating of 1.3. It has earned the following AHS awards: Honorable Mention: 1994, DFM: 1995, Award of Merit: 1998, and FS: 1998. It is pod and pollen fertile with 9 registered children: http://garden.org/plants/paren...

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

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Patchwork Puzzle')

This daylily grows in my SE Gulf Coast Texas and it is not dormant here. It reblooms every year. Multiplies quite well. Wonderful daylily to start a new gardener for his/her beds.

I was getting pretty excited about finding a new plant that has good rust resistance, especially after reading that it does do well along the Texas Gulf Coast (zone 8b). Then I noticed the small bloom size. I guess that is the only reason it has never made my "Want List" .

As smaller daylilies gain popularity, this is one to get for that miniature garden.
Not a teeny-tiny one at 2.75" bloom and mid 20s for height but still fits the grouping.
Preforms well and forms a nice clump. Distinctive eye zone.

Great little daylily that has done great on the Alabama Gulf Coast for many years.

Just one piece of information about 'Patchwork Puzzle'. Although the AHS registration database indicates it is a tetraploid none of the registered daylilies with it as a parent are registered as tetraploids. They are all registered as diploids. 'Patchwork Puzzle' is probably a diploid accidentally incorrectly registered as a tetraploid.

I grew this great miniature from the late 90's until this past summer when I had to make some hard choices about cutting back. I always thought some of Liz's early patterns were way ahead of their time and this was one of them. Unlike some of Liz Salter's dips, this one performed well in the mid-Atlantic where I live. It had a good bud count and the face was intriguing. Great little plant!

Those are lovely photos, even with the small bloom it may have to go on my list. A local grower has it for $5.00.

I've had Patchwork Puzzle for 9 years now and this year it was still around 10 fans strong when I divided it to sell some. I guess because of it's small size I haven't paid too much attention to it over the years, but when I do notice it, I love the blooms. It is one that I need to separate from all the larger ones around it so it can shine.

It begins blooming mid to late June and I have not seen rust on it. No branching or bud count records, but here are a couple of pictures of that.



It sits in front of Law and Order, which is a 6.5" bloom on a 38" scape. Patchwork Puzzle is a 2.75" bloom on a 28" scape. I'm not sure mine ever got even that tall.


The blooms always seem to be perfect and I like the way the pattern shows up on the sepals.

I just got this one and am really looking forward to growing it.

It's a cutie, Nan! I'm afraid I just haven't given it a spot to show off much.

I thought the pictures were adorable, and it also is supposed to be very rust-resistant.

Thanks, Nan!