Background history:
"Orange Velvet" is a semi-evergreen diploid introduced in 1988 by Enman Joiner. (It is also available as a tetraploid conversion.)
Char created a thread about Enman Joiner:
The thread "ATP Series: The Daylilies of Enman R. Joiner, Sr." in
Daylilies forum
More information can be found on the Joiner Daylily Gardens website:
http://www.joinerdaylilygarden...
This cultivar can be found in the ATP Plant Database:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Orange Velvet')
According to the ATP database, it is listed as a mid-season bloomer and can rebloom. It has a rust resistance rating of 1.3 (which is noteworthy!). It has earned three AHS awards: Award of Merit: 1995, Honorable Mention: 1992, LAA: 1999
It is pod and pollen fertile with 22 children currently registered in the Plant Database:
http://garden.org/plants/paren...
Please join in, if you own this plant! We would love to know more! (I award an acorn for performance information posted on this thread.)
Also, please consider adding a "Local Report" to the ATP Plant Database!!! Thank you!
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Orange Velvet')
