Background history:
'Night Beacon' is a evergreen diploid introduced in 1988 by Ra Hansen. Her son, Dan, and her cultivars can be seen at Ladybug Daylilies in Geneva, Florida:
http://www.ladybugdaylilies.co...
Bellee Ra Hansen, 69, passed away on Feb. 15, 1999. Some of her hybridizing "letters" can be read on Dan's website:
http://www.ladybugdaylilies.co...
And I also found an old new article about her and her gardens! :
http://articles.orlandosentine......
A video by her son, Dan can be seen on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Night Beacon is an early to mid-season bloomer with extended bloom and possible re-bloom. It Shows Susceptibility rating of 4.9. It has earned the following AHS awards: JC: 1988 and Honorable Mention: 1998. It is pod and pollen fertile with 5 registered children:
http://garden.org/plants/paren...
This plant can be found in the ATP Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Night Beacon') .
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Night Beacon')
