Background history:
'El Desperado' is a dormant tetraploid introduced in 1991 by Patrick Stamile. See Patrick (and wife, Grace's) website for information about the daylilies they grow in Arroyo Grande, CA:
http://www.distinctly.on.ca/st...
For more information about Patrick (and Grace), read Char's thread:
The thread "ATP Series: The Daylilies of Patrick and Grace Stamile" in
Daylilies forum
El Desperado is a late season extended bloomer. It shows Rust Susceptibility rating of 2.5. It has earned the following AHS awards: Award of Merit: 2000, Honorable Mention: 1997, JC: 1992, DCS: 2001, and PC: 2000. It is both pod and pollen fertile with currently 88 registered children:
http://garden.org/plants/paren...
This plant can be found in the NGA Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'El Desperado') .
Please join in, if you own this plant! We would love to know more! I award an acorn for performance information posted to this thread.
Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'El Desperado') uploaded by shive1
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'El Desperado')
