Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Murphy-J.P.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2011
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 16 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Extra early
Plant Traits: Nocturnal
Bud Count: 16-20
Branching: 3-way
Bloom Traits: Bitone or Reverse Bitone
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Cascade
Color description: pink and creamy pink bitone with green throat, cream midrib, and rose wash on petals

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Pink Rain Dance x unknown

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Common names
  • Daylily

Photo Gallery
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2023-07-03
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Before')
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2023-07-09
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Before') blooms nicely spaced
Location: Oswego, Illinois
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2023-07-07
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Before') early morning, before 6 am, very
Location: Catonsville, MD
Date: 2016-05-30
First daylily to bloom in the Garden
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2023-07-07
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Before'), before 6 a.m. - note that stamen

Image Courtesy of Woodhenge Gardens Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Northern Illinois (Zone 5a)
Date: 2023-06-21

Photo courtesy of Harmon Hill Farm
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by adknative (Eagle Bay, New York - Zone 3b) on Jul 7, 2023 7:59 AM concerning plant:
    'Before' is noted as being nocturnal, opening around midnight ... I generally see it begin to open by late afternoon, early evening... literally, the buds are starting to spread by 5 o'clock in the evening. And very early morning, they are fully open and have begun curling (never the same from bloom to bloom or day to day).

    At 5 or 6 in the morning, the flowers are fully open to the day and covered with dew... I have noted, on several occasions, that the intensity of the green throat can be extremely vibrant before 6 a.m. It will pale somewhat as the day begins and soften as the sun begins to hit the blooms, but that early intensity is so strong you might think the photos have been tweaked - not the case. The camera can barely do justice to this lovely daylily.

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