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Nov 11, 2015 6:01 PM CST
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
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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') .

Please join in, if you own this plant! We would love to know more! I award an acorn for performance information posted to this thread.





Also, please consider adding a "Local Report" to the ATP Plant Database! Thank you!

Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Emperor Butterfly')
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