Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Huben
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2013
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 36 inches
Bloom size: 3.5 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Bud Count: 16-20
Branching: 4-way
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Spider
Unusual Form - Spatulate
Color description: Melon self
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2024
Honorable Mention: 2020

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: Diploid
Parentage: A Small Multitude x sdlg.
Child plants: 7 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Date: 2024-06-14
Helicopter
Location: My 6b garden
Date: 2021-10-14
Still putting up new scapes.
Location: Garden of eScapes Bellevue KY
Date: 2017-06-14
Location: My 6b garden
Date: 2018-06-11
Polymerous bloom!
Location: My 6b garden
Date: 2017-10-23
Fused bloom, but shared to show how flat this flower opens. I lik
Location: springfield MO
Date: 2022-06-29
Location: springfield MO
Location: springfield MO
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-06-15
Rapidly forms a clump of grassy foliage with flowers held above t
Location: My 6b garden
Date: 2018-06-19
This one is in it's second summer in my garden. Foliage is gracef

Photo courtesy of Harmon Hill Farm
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2021-07-19
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2021-07-19
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-06-14
Location: Hollis NH
Date: July 19, 2022
The Stern Collection
Location: My 6b garden
Date: 2017-06-27
Location: My 6b garden
Date: 2018-05-06
Yes, it is that tiny! And perfect. Date stamp should be 6/6.
Comments:
  • Posted by beenthere (KY - Zone 6b) on Oct 16, 2021 5:41 PM concerning plant:
    Recurrent bloom here in 6b since 2018. Three sets of scapes, in bloom from early June till frosts/freezes in Oct/Nov. Very pod and pollen fertile.

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