Background history:

'Bella Isabella' is a semi-evergreen tetraploid introduced in 2008 by Ted Petit. His hybridizing work is done at Le Petit Jardin in McIntosh, Florida. More can be found on his website: http://www.petitdaylilies.com/...

Bella Isabella is a mid-season bloomer. It is pod fertile with 3 registered children: http://garden.org/plants/paren...

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

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Bella Isabella')

Lost this one the first winter I had it and it was a 4 fan clump.

I'm in South Carolina and it's done well for me. I love the pattern and the blooms are usually always nice. There was only one day the shape had changed a bit, but that seemed to be the only one. It may have been a change in overnight temperatures.

I really love seeing it and it's very photogenic! I'm not certain I tried setting seeds or using the pollen, I'd have to find my notebook as it's been temporarily misplaced!

It seems to be only an average increaser, so far. I've had it going on three years.

I have had Bella Isabella in the gardens for about 7 years, so being in zone 3, I have to say that this daylily is definitely cold-hardy! Although the pattern is reliable from one year to the next, very distinctive in the gardens, the colours of the blooms can vary quite a bit...

Sometimes that background is more ivory or cream, other times it runs towards a pastel creamsicle orange ... and the pattern can range from burgundy to deep rose to almost purple. Never quite sure what it will look like till it opens.

It also tends to grow a bit shorter here than the listed 28-inches ... closer to 24-inches. Not sure if it's the location (which gets morning sun and up to early afternoon, then drops into shade) so I am moving it this year and not blaming the daylily till I can try a sunnier spot.

Love the pattern!

Tender here in 6A, which doesn't mean it died, but rather produced short and few scapes on a plant that wasn't vigorous.