Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Handwriting on the Wall') in the Daylilies Database - Garden.org

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Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Emmerich
Year of Registration or Introduction:	2007
Foliage type:	Semi-evergreen
Scape height:	24 inches
Bloom size:	6 inches
Bloom time:	Midseason
Plant Traits:	Rebloom Diurnal
Bud Count:	16-20
Branching:	4-way
Fertility:	Pod Fertile Pollen Fertile Fertility notes: Pod difficult
Bloom Traits:	Eye or Band Edged Patterned Eyes, Bands and Watermarks
Bloom Form:	Single
Color description:	dusty pink with wine lavender eye and edge trimmed with ivory gold filigree above yellow to light olive throat
AHS Awards:	Honorable Mention: 2011

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:	Intelligent Design x Destined to See
Child plants:	9 child plants

Common names

Daylily

'Handwriting on the Wall' was a featured
Plant of the Day for November 17, 2017.

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Location: Iowa
Date: 2017-06-30

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Uploaded by JWWC

Location: North Carolina
Date: 2022-06-28
Handwriting on the Wall

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Photo courtesy of Karol Emmerich of Springwood Gardens

Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Location: Home landscape
Date: 2023-04-20
Handwriting on the Wall

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Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2021-07-24
A lovely trio of this beautiful cultivar.

Uploaded by touchofsky

Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2020-07-30
Handwriting on the Wall, 4-way poly

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Location: My garden

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Location: Camilla S/W GA.
Date: 05-10-22

Uploaded by hol36

Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-06-12
Now showing a more complex pattern

Uploaded by OldGardener

Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2020-08-01
Handwriting on the Wall

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Uploaded by JWWC

Uploaded by JWWC

Location: my garden
Date: 2014-07-27

Uploaded by bpsgarden

Location: Home landscape
Date: 2023-04-20
Handwriting on the Wall, Postman Joyner caladiums background

Uploaded by Evolutionman

Location: my garden-zone 6b

Uploaded by jkporter

Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2020-07-29
Handwriting on the Wall

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Location: Iowa
Date: 2023-07-05

Uploaded by pinkpurple

Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-07-23
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Handwriting on the Wall') up close

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Location: Zone 5b, Chicago suburbs

Uploaded by BeautifulRoots

Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 10, 2022

Uploaded by Zoia

Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2024-07-07
First flower of the season

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Location: my garden
Date: 2013-08-28

Uploaded by bpsgarden

Location: Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada
Date: July 9, 2022

Uploaded by BeetleJuice

Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2023-07-27
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Handwriting on the Wall') poly in the rain

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Location: My house
Date: 2024-07-01

Uploaded by JimKlaiber

Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2014-07-15

Uploaded by mattsmom

Location: Manhattan, KS
Date: 2010-06-21
Handwriting on the Wall

Uploaded by annred97

Date: 2021-07-04

Uploaded by jkporter

Location: Zone 9b
Date: 2014-06-10
Handwriting on the Wall teeth and gold edge.

Uploaded by chalyse

Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-05-22

Uploaded by OldGardener

Location: Northville, MI
Date: July 8, 2022, 10:20 AM

Uploaded by knooper

Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-08-01
Handwriting on the Wall, close view

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Location: Neenah, WI
Date: 7/2/20

Uploaded by 5249Angela

Location: 6b, Western PA
Date: 2024-06-21

Uploaded by nicolel88

Date: 2021-06-17
Handwriting on the wall

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2024-06-28
Handwriting in the Wall

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Location: My garden
Date: JULY-11-2016

Uploaded by hillbilly

Location: Northern California Zone 9b
Date: 2014-08-09
Handwriting on the Wall bloom side view.

Uploaded by chalyse

Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2023-07-25
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Handwriting on the Wall') nicely spaced bl

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Location: Zone 5b, Chicago suburbs
Date: June 5, 2021

Uploaded by BeautifulRoots

Location: Zone 5b, Chicago suburbs
Date: July 4, 2021

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Location: Northville, MI
Date: July 7, 2022

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Location: My garden in Westland, Mi.
Date: 2013-07-15

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Photo Courtesy of Keast Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.

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Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2013-07-21

Uploaded by mattsmom

Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-07-20
Handwriting on the Wall, poly

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Photo courtesy of Karol Emmerich of Springwood Gardens

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Uploaded by annred97

Location: Downers Grove, IL
Date: 2022-07-10
Polymerous 4x4 Love when this happens!

Uploaded by nancyindg

Date: 4000-07-15

Uploaded by mattsmom

Location: Blue Ridge Daylilies, North Carolina, ADS National Convention
Date: 7/8/2022

Uploaded by Hembrain

Location: Zone 9b
Date: 2014-06-10
Handwriting on the Wall pollen.

Uploaded by chalyse

Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2014-07-26

Uploaded by mattsmom

Location: Northern California Zone 9b
Date: 2014-05-28
Handwriting on the Wall FFO.

Uploaded by chalyse

Location: my garden
Date: June 23, 2022

Uploaded by jkporter

Location: Fishers, Indiana
Date: 6/28/2021

Uploaded by JillLloyd

Uploaded by JWWC

Uploaded by JWWC

Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-07-22
Handwriting on the Wall

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Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2015-07-16

Uploaded by mattsmom

Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2012-05-15

Uploaded by tink3472

Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-08-09
Handwriting on the Wall, after the rain: center is full of water

Uploaded by adknative

Location: Northern California Zone 9b
Date: 2014-07-09
Handwriting on the Wall seed pods.

Uploaded by chalyse

Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-05-22

Uploaded by OldGardener

Location: Northern California Zone 9b
Date: 2014-06-03
Handwriting on the Wall scape.

Uploaded by chalyse

Date: 2021-07-15

Uploaded by mljohnson19

Location: my 5b Missouri Garden
Date: 7/3/2014

Uploaded by tommy71

Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-06-02

Uploaded by OldGardener

Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-06-02

Uploaded by OldGardener

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