Background history:
'Siloam David Kirchhoff' is a dormant diploid introduced in 1986 by Pauline Henry of Siloam Springs, Arkansas. She registered 490 cultivars over a 37 year period. She passed away in 2000 (at the age of 92).
http://www.daylilydiary.com/si...
This is a lovely tribute to Pauline from other well-known hybridizers:
http://ahsregion13.org/history...
A beautiful memorial garden was built by the city in honor of Pauline and her husband, Ralph, which is maintained by the local master gardeners:
http://siloamdaylilies.com/
This is a 2008 slideshow featuring many of her daylilies:
http://www.siloamdaylilies.com...
Siloam David Kirchhoff is an early to mid-season extended bloomer. It is listed as showing rust susceptibility. It has earned the following AHS awards: DCS: 1996, ATG: 1995, JC: 1986, Honorable Mention: 1990, and Award of Merit: 1993. It is pod and pollen fertile. It currently has 7 registered children:
http://garden.org/plants/paren...
This plant can be found in the NGA Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Siloam David Kirchhoff') .
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Siloam David Kirchhoff')
