Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Kinnebrew-J.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2007
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 24 inches
Bloom size: 3.5 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 3-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: ruffled black red self
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2015
Honorable Mention: 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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: sdlg x Lil' Red Wagon
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-06-15
Location: My garden in Westland, Mi.
Date: 2013-07-07
Location: My garden in northeast Texas
Date: 2017-05-22
black velvet babay
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2024-06-19
FFO
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 6/11/23
FFO, much darker than the camera shows.
Location: Maly garden, West Chester OH
Date: 6/30/21
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-07-01
Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2021-08-09
Location: Chandler, OK
Date: 2019-06-25
Black Velvet Baby
Location: St-Albert, Qc Canada 
Date: 2013-07-15
Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2016-07-25
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2021-06-20
Amazing branching on strong scapes!
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2023-07-30
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2021-06-24
Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2018-07-12
Location: Ditchlily's Garden
Date: 2011-07-07
Black Velvet Baby
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2021-06-20
This pictures displays the bloom's shimmer

Photo Courtesy of Wynn's Daylily Garden. Used with Permission
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Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2018-07-14
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-07-05
Location: My zone 5 garden
Date: 2017-06-21
Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2017-06-25
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-06-22
Location: Ditchlily's Garden
Date: 2011-06-26
A comparison of the same flower taken in sun and shade.
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2019-06-23
Comments:
  • Posted by daroy (Nantes, FRANCE - Zone 8b) on Jul 10, 2018 4:23 PM concerning plant:
    Hi,
    I am in France. I have black velvet baby, but red and not black.
    So, what can i do for bvb been black and not red ?!
    Thanks for your answer

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