Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Hold Your Horses') in the Daylilies Database

Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Trimmer
Year of Registration or Introduction:	2004
Foliage type:	Evergreen
Scape height:	36 inches
Bloom size:	8 inches
Bloom time:	Early midseason
Plant Traits:	Rebloom Diurnal
Bud Count:	26-30
Branching:	3-way
Bloom Traits:	Eye or Band
Bloom Form:	Unusual Form Unusual Form - Crispate
Color description:	straw yellow with dark maroon eye above yellow 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 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds:	Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Ploidy:	Tetraploid
Parentage:	(Wild Horses x So Many Stars) x Rapid Eye Movement
Child plants:	5 child plants

Common names

Daylily

'Hold Your Horses' was a featured
Plant of the Day for January 10, 2024.

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Location: Manchester, PA
Date: 2024-06-05

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Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2024-05-29

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Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date: 2024-07-04

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Location: my Zone 8a garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2024-05-06
First flower ever on this plant, just 5 weeks in the ground. Big

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Location: Philo, California
Date: 2021-06-23

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Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-21

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Location: Display garden in Northwest Arkansas
Date: 2014-06-23

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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-08-04
Rebloom

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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-06-04

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Location: Philo, California
Date: 2021-06-14
1st season - in pot, on deck

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Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 2025-05-02

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Location: Liverpool, England
Date: 2021-08-21
First flowers of the year on August 21, despite being described a

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Location: Philo, California
Date: 2022-06-11
Blooming in a large pot on my deck in N.CA - first daylily of the

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Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 2025-04-29
Early morning

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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2012-07-14

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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2016-05-14

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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2019-06-02

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Location: Coatesville Indiana
Date: 2016-06-20

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Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 2025-05-09
Morning

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Location: my Zone 8a garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2024-05-05
Bud swelling, bloomed early next morning

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Photo Courtesy of Mr. Fancy Plants Daylily Nursery Used with Perm

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Location: Philo, California
Date: 2022-06-11
1st daylily bloom of the 2022 season - here in N.CA

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-06-02
Hold Your Horses Daylily 001

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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-05-29

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Date: 2012-01-23
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Location: my garden zone 7b NC
Date: 2012-05-05

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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-05-19

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Location: my garden zone 7b NC
Date: 2012-05-18
Happy to see the distinctive watermark present. The first bloom o

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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-06-28

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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-06-24

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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-05-26

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Location: Missouri Botanical Garden (Mobot) in St Louis
Date: 2016-06-18

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Comments:

Posted by Claudia (Greencastle IN - Zone 5b) on Jul 24, 2015 2:54 PM concerning plant:

Outstanding performer in my 5b zone. It has increased very well for me. I have never gotten rebloom in my zone, but I get a month of bloom from this plant. It is always one of the first, if not the first, to bloom. This bloom grabs your attention!

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Posted by mattsmom (WI) on Sep 29, 2011 10:47 PM concerning plant:

Striking bloom. Hardy & moderate increase here in my zone 4a garden.

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Posted by pikaia (Merseyside) on Aug 21, 2021 6:45 AM concerning plant:

Supposedly early midseason, but mine has just produced its first flowers of the year here in Liverpool on August 21!
Not complaining, only a few varieties are still in bloom.

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Plant Events from our members
fstins1	On October 1, 2012	Obtained plant
Pat236	On March 15, 2024	Obtained plant Received a small fan as a bonus from Breeze on the Lily Auction. Planted in the side bed.
Kayakcowgirl	On June 20, 2024	Obtained plant Purchased daylily from Pat Mansfield at Mansfield Daylilies for fall shipping

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