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Apr 17, 2012 6:38 AM CST
Name: Laura Eiras
Huntsville, AL (Zone 7b)
Cat Lover I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Daylilies Ferns Hostas Lilies
Region: Alabama Enjoys or suffers hot summers
Can't find a picture of Bluegrass Chocolate Sunday (it might not have bloomed last year as it was new or it just might not have been labeled, there are a few that never did get labeled in the middle of boom season)

Fudge Sundae (Mercer-R., 1989)
height 30", bloom 6.25", season M, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, Chocolate red blend with yellow throat. ((Island Empress × Royal Ambassador) × (sdlg × Lunar Sea))
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Not quite as dark:
Duke of Durham (Elliott, 1977)
height 29", bloom 6", season MLa, Dormant, Diploid, Copper brown with purple eyezone and green throat. (Sea Warrior × Chocolate Pudding)
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More wine-red than brown but looks that way in my garden:
Gollum (Hanson-C., 1991)
height 22", bloom 6", season EM, Dormant, Tetraploid, Fragrant, Black purple self with chartreuse green throat. ((Royal Heritage × sdlg) × Tet. Grand Masterpiece)
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Another copper-red:
Hypnotized (Petit, 2005)
height 28", bloom 8", season M, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, Polymerous, Copper with purple eye above green throat. (Baracuda Bay × Tet. Open Hearth)
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Mahogany Magic (Stamile, 1994)
height 21", bloom 4", season M, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, Mahogany red with black eyezone above gold throat. (Obsidian × Tiger Kitten

In the shade
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In the sun
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Night Embers (Stamile, 1997)
height 30", bloom 5", season EM, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, Fragrant, Double, Bing cherry red with white edges and green throat. (Double Phelan × sdlg)
Says it is red, but is very dark in my garden:
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Taken at the Huntsville Botanical Gardens
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