Background history:

'Prickly Sensation' is a evergreen tetraploid introduced in 2011 by Maryott.

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

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Prickly Sensation')

One of my absolute favorites! Flower is attractive and consistent in form.
In 2015 it bloomed, rebloomed, then rebloomed again! Here in Northern Ky rebloom is rare and a second rebloom is nearly unheard of.
Fertile both ways. I look forward to seeing offspring and seeing if they inherit the instant rebloom.

I added Prickly Sensation to my gardens last year. I can't wait to see how well it does here.

Prickly Sensation is a good and hardy plant. I received it from the hybridizer Bill Maryott 2 years ago and it has survived one very severe winter in southern Kentucky and the mild one of 2015. Prickly Sensation bloomed beautifully both years. It is an average increaser and I could divide it this year if I desired to. Prickly Sensation is consistent in color and form, it does not hang up when it blooms.

I too got this from Bill Maryott two years ago. I'm not usually a fan of orange/peach flowers but I like this one. It grows well and the blooms have always been perfect.

I received Prickly Sensation in the late summer of 2015. This is my second growing season with PS.

So far, it is one of my earliest bloomer, which isn't consistent with the registered midseason (not a bad thing).

It doesn't quite reach the 28 inches as registered. The blooms consistently open up and the plant habitat is nice.

This year, I have started the season with 4 scapes. I will have to see if it gives me any reblooms.

Updated performance report.

Prickly Sensation continues to be an awesome performer. It bloomed from June 22 through Aug 10 in my 5b garden. I had rebloom scapes starting around July 10.

The colors of the flowers are striking. The two clumps that I have have increased in size immensely in the 2 years that I have had them.

My Prickly Sensation is on the verge of blooming. It surprised me last year when it bloomed in September, even shortly after being transplanted. A reliable rebloomer.

I've had Prickly Sensation since 2016. It has bloomed very reliably for me. It definitely blooms earlier than midseason for me. Typically early-mid and sometimes early. It is planted in a raised bed and it has increased slowly for me. It is one of the few evergreen daylilies I have. Most either die in early Spring or while registered as evergreen act like a dormant in my garden. PS definitely is evergreen and so can be damaged by multiple false Springs. Despite that it blooms wonderfully for me every year. I typically get 12 buds on 3-way branching.

The only bad thing about Prickly Sensation for me is that the flower color can vary greatly. Early in the season the flowers tend to be pinker rather than peach. Later (maybe due to warmer temperatures?) the flowers turn peach. This past year (2021) we had a lot of rainfall and I noticed the eye disappeared, the edge was smaller (as were the flowers) and the color turned almost neon.


Normal




Pink




No eye