Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Kinnebrew-J.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1999
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 30 inches
Bloom size: 7 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 36-40
Branching: 5-way
Rust Resistance: Shows Susceptibility
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 3.5
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: lavender blend with gold edge above green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2006
Honorable Mention: 2003
XLD: 2007

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Ida's Magic x Spacecoast Starburst
Child plants: 194 child plants

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Location: North East Iowa
Date: 2017-07-17
Location: My Garden
Date: 2014-08-08
Location: Radford Virginia
Date: 2021-07-19
Still haven't warmed up to Darla Anita, even after a decade. Givi
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2017-07-09
Location: My garden, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Date: summer, 2021
Location: Shores of Miserva
Date: 8.03.2015

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Location: My garden, Boise, Idaho
Date: 2021-07-16
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2015-06-12

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Location: My garden, Eagle Point, Oregon
Date: 2019-07-13
Location: Gulf-coast Texas
Date: 2015-05-19
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Location: my zone 4a garden
Date: 19:30EST on 8 18 13
Location: Sister's Collection

Date: 2012-05-14
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Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-08-03
Location: Waynesboro MS
Date: 2005-06-23
Location: Melvindale, Mi. 48122
Date: Mid season 2011.
Absolutely love this northern hardy plant!!!

Date: 2005-08-14
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Location: Gulf-coast Texas
Date: 2015-05-19

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Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
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Location: My garden, Eagle Point, Oregon
Date: 2018-07-02
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2013-07-21

Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: My garden
Date: 2015-07-18
Location: East Tennessee
Date: June 2017
A great performer in my daylily garden
Location: Georgetown, KY
Date: July 2015
Taken at Jackie & Dan Canner's garden.
Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2015-05-09

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Location: My garden, Eagle Point, Oregon
Date: 2019-07-17
Location: Shady Rest Gardens Cartersville, Ga.
Date: 2011-06-25
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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2004-07-06
Location: My Yard
Date: 2009-07-17
Location: My Yard
Date: 2009-07-26
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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 7-2008
Location: My Yard
Date: 2009-07-17

Photo courtesy of Bill Jarvis
Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2016-08-11
Location: Lugoff, SC
Date: 2010-06-12
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2012-06-10
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2012-06-03
Plant Events from our members
Seedfork On October 28, 2018 Maintenance performed
Dug the clump and divided the fans, 5 fans planted back in the original location, the others were potted up.
Seedfork On April 22, 2018 Miscellaneous Event
First scape on this plant this year.
Seedfork On May 6, 2017 Bloomed
First bloom of the season on this plant
Seedfork On May 2, 2017 Bloomed
First bloom on this plant for the season
Seedfork On April 12, 2017 Miscellaneous Event
Found first scape on this plant for the season.
Seedfork On May 3, 2016 Bloomed
First bloom of the season, blooms are not opening fully yet, I have to pry them open with my fingers.
Seedfork On April 12, 2016 Miscellaneous Event
Observed first scape on this plant
Seedfork On May 9, 2015 Bloomed
FFOE
Seedfork On April 17, 2015 Miscellaneous Event
First scapes found on this plant this year.
Seedfork On May 23, 2014 Obtained plant
Obtained plant M.M.
Suga On May 22, 2015 Miscellaneous Event
Scapes
carpathiangirl On March 31, 2020 Obtained plant
thanks Pat!
UncleWill On May 18, 2020 Bloomed
UncleWill On April 5, 2020 Obtained plant
Received and planted
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