Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Gossard
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2006
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 56 inches
Bloom size: 10.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 5-way
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Cascade
Unusual Form - Crispate
Color description: purple self above green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2009

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: Ron Dunn x Royal Celebration
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Date: 2019-07-20
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Date: 2005-11-15
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Date: 2014-07-14
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-07-14
"Hemerocallis 'Getting Airborne', 2018 photo, Tall Purple Daylily
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Date: 2019-05-20
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"Hemerocallis 'Getting Airborne', 2018 photo, Tall Purple Daylily
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Date: 2023-06-15
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Date: 2020-09-10
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Date: 2017-07-10
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Date: 2017-06-22
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Hemerocallis 'Getting Airborne' 24w27 5yo Daylily D3 (Gossard, 20
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Date: 2025-05-11
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Date: 2018-06-20
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Date: JULY-12-2016

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Date: 2020-07-23
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Date: 2020-07-26
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Date: 2017-07-07
In the morning, after rain
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-07-24
"Hemerocallis 'Getting Airborne', 2017, Tall Purple [Daylily], he
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