Background history:
'Emperor Butterfly' is a evergreen tetraploid introduced in 1986 by R.W. Munson (known as "Bill"). You can view a photo of Bill by clicking on this link:
http://www.daylilydiary.com/Me...
A tribute to Bill is listed on this web page:
http://www.daylilydiary.com/Me...
Emperor Butterfly is an early to mid-season bloomer with possible rebloom. It earned the Honorable Mention: 1993 AHS award. It has a rust resistant rating of 1.7. It is both pod and pollen fertile with 13 registered children:
http://garden.org/plants/paren...
This plant can be found in the ATP Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Emperor Butterfly') .
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Emperor Butterfly')