Background history:
'Rosy Returns' is a dormant diploid introduced in 1999 by Darrel Apps of Wild Rose, Wisconsin. He has been retired since 2007.
http://www.greenhousegrower.co......
Article in the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05......
Additional articles:
http://www.hortmag.com/plants/......
http://talking-to-plants.blogs......
Rosy Returns is an extra early bloomer with possible re-bloom. It has earned the Honorable Mention: 2002 AHS award. It shows rust susceptibility. It is both pod and pollen fertile with 15 registered children:
http://garden.org/plants/paren...
This plant can be found in the NGA Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Rosy Returns') .
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Rosy Returns')