Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Pittard
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1974
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 20 inches
Bloom size: 3 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: black red self with greenish yellow throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1976

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Child plants: 17 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-08-07
'Bridget' close view - this one often looks like black velvet on
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-8-21
daylily Bridget
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-07-27
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Bridget')
Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2022-07-03
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2020-07-29
Bridget, up close
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-07-26
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Bridget') red-black velvet, up close
Location: Decatur, Illinois 
Date: July 2, 2021
Bridget

Photo Courtesy of Walnut Hill Gardens Used With Permission. Unaut
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Photo Courtesy of Valley of the Daylilies. Used with Permission
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   Photo Courtesy of Smokeys Daylily Gardens Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Garden Perennials. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2006-07-04
Comments:
  • Posted by adknative (Eagle Bay, New York - Zone 3b) on Oct 24, 2022 5:26 AM concerning plant:
    I've had Bridget in the gardens for a number of years (zone 3) and can attest to its cold-hardiness, as it comes back each year with a flourish. The blooms here are a bit smaller than newer intros (stats say 3-inch, but I think they are slightly larger here, closer to 4 inches).

    But what I find endlessly delightful about this daylily is that, far more often than not, the bloom looks like black velvet on red ... This is not just a deeper red eye, this is full-on black velvet tones laid over the deep ruby tones below. It's so dark a velvet black on some blossoms that the orange pollen contrasts vividly against it, as though dotted with flecks of gold.

    This daylily reminds me of smokey, dark rooms with someone playing blues music in the background somewhere... the colours stand up even to the hot, bright afternoon sun. Like vintage wine, it has held its own against time.
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