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Aug 25, 2015 6:01 PM CST
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
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Background history:

"Paper Butterfly" is a semi-evergreen tetraploid introduced in 1983 by Mort Morss. More information about Mort Morss can be found on his website, "Daylily World" located in Lexington, Kentucky:
http://daylilyworld.net/epages...

This cultivar can be found in the ATP Plant Database:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Paper Butterfly')

According to the ATP database, this is an early bloomer with possible rebloom. It shows rust resistance. AHS awards for this cultivar include: Award of Merit: 1990, Honorable Mention: 1987, LAA: 1998, DCS: 1987. It is both pod and pollen fertile. Paper Butterfly has 106 registered children: 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 'Paper Butterfly')
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