Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Sellers
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1994
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 32 inches
Bloom size: 9 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: red self with yellow throat
AHS Awards: Stout Silver Medal: 2008
Award of Merit: 2004
Honorable Mention: 1999
XLD: 2006
PC: 2014

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: Tetraploid
Child plants: 37 child plants

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'All American Chief' was a featured
Plant of the Day for December 18, 2015.
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Location: Boardman, Ohio
Date: July 6, 2019

Date: 2005-07-07
Posted with permission and photographed by Kathy Rinke http://www
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Location: My garden
Date: 2021-07-04
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Location: home garden VA
Date: 2015-06-12
Clump shot
Location: Huntsville Alabama Botanical Garden
Date: 2024-06-22
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 17, 2021

Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: Huntsville Alabama Botanical Garden
Date: 2024-06-22
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-07-12
All American Chief
Location: North Carolina
Date: July 2021
All American Chief
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-06-13

Date: 2018-07-04
Location: Belgium
Date: 2018-05-28
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-19
Location: Spring Grove, PA
Date: July 9, 2022 10:30 am
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2017-06-12
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 10, 2022

Date: 2013-07-15

Date: 2009-07-17
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2024-07-17
All American Chief poly
Location: Long Island 
Date: 6/20/2022
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-13
All American Chief
Location: RHS Garden Wisley
Date: 2023-07-22
Location: sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Date: 2024-06-15
Location: Warne, NC
Date: 2020-06-13
Location: Bolivar, Ohio
Date: 2024-06-19

Date: 2020-05-18
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Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2020-06-02
Location: 2014 National Tour Garden in North Carolina
Date: 2014-07-01
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Date: June 19, 2021
All American Chief
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Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01
Location: Valley of the Daylilies in Lebanon, OH. Home of Dan and Jackie Bachman
Date: 2005-07-07
Location: New Hope Daylilies, South Shropshire, U.K.
Date: 2024-07-06
Location: My garden
Date: JULY-12-2016
Location: My garden
Date: July-7-2015

Date: 2011-09-05
Location: Waldoboro Maine
Date: 2019-07-27
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-06-06
Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2016-01-22
Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2022-07-31
Location: Robertsdale, AL
Date: 5/13/21
Early morning
Location: KALAMA WA
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Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Photo courtesy of Michael Bouman of Daylily Lay

   Photo Courtesy of Ellies Daylilies Used with Permission
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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-06-09
Location: Washington Park Botanical Garden - Springfield, Illinois
Date: 2018-09-17

Date: 2009-07-25

Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms

   Photo Courtesy of Smokeys Daylily Gardens Used with Permission
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Location: Pinconning,  MI
Date: July
Location: Garden of Jim Stauffer Lancaster, Pa
Date: 2013-07-21
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2019-07-09
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Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-07-08

Date: 2020-05-18

Photo courtesy of Briscos' Best Blooms. Used with permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: Shady Rest Gardens Cartersville, Ga.
Date: 2012-12-28

Image courtesy of Johnson Daylily Gardens Used with permission
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Photo Courtesy of Keast Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2016-05-20

Photo Courtesy of A-1 Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Courtesy of Peace on Earth Gardens Used with permission
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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2013-06-25
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Photo Courtesy of Alcovy Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Nov 26, 2011 10:13 PM concerning plant:
    I used to grow 'All American Chief' in my own garden. I always loved seeing the big red flowers when they bloomed each year. A wonderful plant and flower.
  • Posted by Zoia (Stoneham MA - Zone 6b) on Dec 2, 2021 11:03 PM concerning plant:
    Somewhat rusty during the great infestation of 2021
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Seedfork On April 24, 2018 Bloomed
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First scape on this plant this year.
Seedfork On May 2, 2017 Bloomed
First bloom on this plant this year, full nine inch bloom.
Seedfork On April 16, 2017 Miscellaneous Event
First scape on this plant for the season.
Seedfork On April 27, 2016 Obtained plant
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