Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Lava Flow') in the Daylilies Database

Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Smith-FR
Year of Registration or Introduction:	2005
Foliage type:	Semi-evergreen
Scape height:	32 inches
Bloom size:	5.5 inches
Bloom time:	Early midseason
Plant Traits:	Diurnal
Bud Count:	31-35
Branching:	4-way
Bloom Traits:	Eye or Band Edged
Bloom Form:	Single
Color description:	orange with red eye and edge above green throat
AHS Awards:	PC: 2010

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds:	Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Ploidy:	Tetraploid
Parentage:	Wyoming Wildfire x Mister Lucky
Child plants:	26 child plants

Common names

Daylily

'Lava Flow' was a featured
Plant of the Day for September 29, 2018.

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Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2023-07-09
FFE

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Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2020-04-08

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: May 22, 2021
First flower ever, bonus as it came in the mail with a scape

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Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2019-05-03

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Location: Enterprise, Al. 36330
Date: 2021-04-30

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Location: Alabaster, AL
Date: 2020-05-07

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Location: Alabaster, AL
Date: 2022-05-13

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Location: A friends garden
Date: 2019-07-05

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Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2024-06-07

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Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2022-06-19

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-06-28

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Location: Tarnowskie Gory, Poland
Date: 2020

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 7, 2022

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-07-11
Lava Flow

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Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2023-06-18

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Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2023-05-18

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Location: Bowling Green, Ky
Date: 2013-06-06
Still lovely in the rain

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Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies

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Location: Lincoln NE (5b)
Date: 2017-06-11

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2024-06-29
Lava Flow

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Location: Bowling Green, Ky
Date: 2015-06-07

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-06-27

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Location: In my garden in Lenore, ID
Date: 6-25-14

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Location: Lincoln NE (5b)
Date: 2017-05-31

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Date: 2010-05-29
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission

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Photo Courtesy of Dololly's Daylilies. Used with Permission

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Location: Shores of Miserva, my home
Date: 2016-06-16

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-06-24

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Location: In my garden at Middletown, DE
Date: 2018-06-03

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Location: Long Island, NY
Date: 2013-09-23

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-06-02
Lava Flow Daylily 001

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Location: Jones OK,
Date: May 2015
Lava Flow FFOE

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Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2017-07-08

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Comments:

Posted by Seedfork (Enterprise, Al. 36330 - Zone 8b) on Sep 30, 2022 2:06 PM concerning plant:

Most people know that Lava Flow is an early bloomer, one of the very earliest in my garden. But, for me it bloomed throughout the season and bloomed so far this year until the last day of September.
It's been a good multiplier also in my garden. The first bloom scapes this year were very short due to a late cold snap, but some of the rebloom scapes were almost chest high.
The blooms are prettier and brighter in the early season, but they are also some of the prettiest in the late season simply because not much else with vivid colors is blooming at that time.

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Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 8, 2013 3:14 PM concerning plant:

Lava Flow is a poor bloomer in my garden. Each year it sends up scapes with 4 to 6 buds each. Never have I had more than 6, but it stays in my garden because of those stunning flowers.

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Plant Events from our members
Natalie	On June 10, 2014	Bloomed
fstins1	On May 10, 2015	Bloomed
fstins1	On April 23, 2015	Miscellaneous Event Scape
fstins1	On April 20, 2011	Obtained plant
scflowers	On March 18, 2016	Miscellaneous Event Has 2 scapes up (only DL to currently have them this early in the season)
mom2cjemma	On June 20, 2024	Bloomed
mom2cjemma	On May 22, 2024	Miscellaneous Event Scapes
mom2cjemma	On July 1, 2022	Bloomed
mom2cjemma	On May 31, 2022	Miscellaneous Event Scapes
mom2cjemma	On June 7, 2021	Miscellaneous Event Scape
mom2cjemma	On June 29, 2020	Bloomed
mom2cjemma	On June 6, 2020	Miscellaneous Event Scape
mom2cjemma	On July 3, 2019	Bloomed
mom2cjemma	On June 9, 2019	Miscellaneous Event Scapes
mom2cjemma	On September 3, 2018	Transplanted
mom2cjemma	On June 2, 2018	Bloomed
mom2cjemma	On May 20, 2018	Miscellaneous Event 2nd Scape 2018
mom2cjemma	On May 12, 2018	Miscellaneous Event 1st Scape 2018
mom2cjemma	On July 25, 2016	Obtained plant
Seedfork	On October 4, 2019	Obtained plant RECEIVED 2 FANS FROM DANIEL

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