Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Benz
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1991
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 30 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Nocturnal
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: brilliant orange self with orange throat

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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Chicago Apache x Ardent Affair
Child plants: 10 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Date: July 27, 2021
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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 17, 2022

Photo Courtesy of Daylily Sweetheart. Used with Permission.
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Location: My garden in Lake Elmo, MN
Date: 2019-08-18
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Date: 2019-08-22
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Date: 2017-06-28
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Fire king
Location: RavenCroft Cottage
Date: 2009-08-09

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Location: Lexington, KY
Date: 2014-06-23
Location: Garden of Jim Stauffer Lancaster, Pa
Date: 2013-07-21

Image courtesy of Johnson Daylily Gardens Used with permission
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Comments:
  • Posted by caitlinsgarden (McGregor IA - Zone 4b) on Sep 12, 2013 6:55 PM concerning plant:
    This plant amazed me with its neon color and large blooms! The sun was shining on the first ever bloom and I thought there was some kind of a red light in the garden. It is still blooming and only the lates are blooming now. Highly recommended.
Plant Events from our members
CottageGardener On July 17, 2017 Obtained plant
tabbycat On July 20, 2022 Bloomed
Reblooming
tabbycat On June 6, 2021 Bloomed
1st bloom of '21. Darker rust orange than Rocket City it about as tall & same outer edge placement in E & W bed
tabbycat On May 14, 2021 Bloomed
Tall & bright orange
tabbycat On May 23, 2020 Bloomed
1st of 2020 - Brightest orange
tabbycat On July 20, 2019 Bloomed
Reblooming
tabbycat On May 25, 2019 Bloomed
1st for 2019
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