Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Oakes
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1987
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom size: 5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason-Late
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: melon cream self with chartreuse throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2021
Honorable Mention: 2018

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
Child plants: 17 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: central NC
Date: 07/08/2020
Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-07-21
Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-08-23
Last bloom in 2022
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2020-06-07
Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 2019-07-13
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Location: My garden, Willow Valley Communities, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-07-05
First flower ever in my garden; received Jen Melon as a bonus pla

Date: 2004-08-06
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Robson BC
Date: 2009-08-01
  7:37 pm. At the end of a hot day, mid ribs and edges become fad
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Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-08-14
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Uploaded by Hazelcrestmikeb
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-07-18
Location: central NC
Date: 07/15/2022
Photo taken in the morning.
Uploaded by pinkiris

Date: 2017-07-11
Location: Robson BC
Date: 2007-07-26
  3:52 pm. In the shade, the more lemony tones come out.
Location: Robson BC
Date: 2008-08-01
  5:31 pm.  In full sun, more golden tones are evident. A richly
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-07-03
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Courtesy of Shaw's Sunshine Gardens
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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: Mid Summer
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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-07-29
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2017-07-05

Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2021-07-08

Date: 2012-08-03
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2018-06-18

Courtesy of Shaw's Sunshine Gardens
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Date: 2019-08-23

Photo Courtesy of Island Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.
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Posted with permission and photographed by Jim Healey http://www.
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Photo Courtesy of May's Acres Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of A La Carte Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Bluegrass Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission
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Courtesy of Quarles Daylilies Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Manatawny Creek Farm Used With Permission
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Location: In my garden.
Date: 2012-08-18
single bloom of Jen Melon
Comments:
  • Posted by Joy (Kalama, Wa. - Zone 8b) on Dec 3, 2011 5:25 AM concerning plant:
    Melon cream self with chartreuse throat.
    Increases good, hardy and healthy.

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