Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Rocket City') in the Daylilies Database

Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Hardy
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1967
Foliage type:	Dormant
Scape height:	36 inches
Bloom size:	6 in, (15 cm)
Bloom time:	Early midseason
Plant Traits:	Extended Bloom
Rust Resistance:	Shows Susceptibility
Rust Resistance Decimal Score:	5.0
Bloom Traits:	Eye or Band
Bloom Form:	Single
Color description:	Bittersweet Orange with Burnt Orange eyezone
AHS Awards:	Honorable Mention: 1970

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
Parentage:	Crestwood Gold x sdlg
Child plants:	25 child plants

Common names

Daylily

'Rocket City' was a featured
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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2019-06-19
Big, beautiful blooms on a healthy, solid plant.

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-07-29
Rocket City and Carpenter Bee

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Date: 2012-06-04

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Date: 2020-07-08

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Location: Naperville, IL
Date: July 2020

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Location: Poland
Date: 2023-06-29
The best orange daylily in my garden :)

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2024-07-03
Hemerocallis 'Rocket City' 24w27 22mo Daylily R1 (Hardy, 1967) Or

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-07-04

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 4, 2021

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Date: 2010-09-24
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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 15, 2022

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Date: 2011-06-17

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Location: Bucks County, PA
Date: 2022-07-12

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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-23
"Hemerocallis 'Rocket City', 2017, Orange [Daylily], hem-ur -oh-K

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Date: 2014-07-17

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Date: 2015-07-09

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Date: June 2012

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Date: 2021-07-21

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Date: July 24, 2019

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Date: 2023-05-02

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Location: Milford, New Hampshire
Date: 2023-07-07
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Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2010-06-11

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Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2024-07-07
Rocket City

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Location: Western Washington
Date: 2014-07-08

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Location: Taken in my garden
Date: 2011-06-25
I live in Huntsville AL, how could I not have this one?

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Location: Youngsville, LA
Date: 2017-06-05
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Location: Mason, NH
Date: 2021-06-19
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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2012-07-20

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Date: July 10, 2021

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Date: 2016-06-20

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-06-30

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Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-07-19

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Location: Lexington, KY
Date: 2014-06-24

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Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-06-22

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Date: 2018-06-09

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Date: 2014-06-23

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Date: May 30, 2017

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Date: 7-12-2015

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Date: Jul 26, 2011 3:31 PM

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Date: 2017-06-07

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Location: Mason, NH
Date: 2021-06-23
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Location: little garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY
Date: 2013
Rocket city grown with bee balm in afternoon shade

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Location: Enid, Oklahoma
Date: 2013-07-02

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Date: 7-4-2014

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-07-16

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-07-14

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 7-19-11

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Location: My Yard, Zone 6a
Date: 2012-07-02

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Location: My Garden Zone 6a
Date: 2005-07-19

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Location: My Garden, Zone 6a
Date: 2015-07-09

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Location: My Garden, Zone 6a
Date: 2014-07-16
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Date: 2011-10-21
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Date: 2013-07-24

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Date: 2008-06-20
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Date: 2002-08-16
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Date: 1999-07-01
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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-07-12

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Comments:

Posted by tabbycat (Youngsville, LA - Zone 9b) on Jun 10, 2018 11:10 AM concerning plant:

I got 2 plants April 2017 in a "rebloomer" pkg. from Gilbert Wild & Son. They bloomed all of May and now into June. What a sight to behold these tall orange beauties.They got over 36" tall with 5" flowers that seem to glow. They have strong scapes that hold upright through wind and rain. In one year they have doubled to 4 plants, so I'll have a nice clump in a couple of years.

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Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Dec 16, 2011 11:09 PM concerning plant:

I grew 'Rocket City' in my garden years ago. I remember that it increased like gangbusters! A taller bright orange with a darker eye. It had such vigor that I couldn't keep it under control and because it increased so fast, I got rid of it.

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Posted by Cayuga (Massachusetts - Zone 6a) on Jan 27, 2018 8:46 AM concerning plant:

Love this daylily. Very hardy, beautiful blooms. Great accompaniment to the yellow Mount Zion, they make a great duo.

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Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 29, 2011 4:03 PM concerning plant:

An oldie but goodie in my garden. I have two large clumps which put out lots of bloom each July.

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Posted by Joy (Kalama, Wa. - Zone 8b) on Dec 3, 2011 7:02 AM concerning plant:

Tawny orange with a deeper, burnt orange eye. This good, robust grower is always a bright and showy border performer.

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BillAlleysDLs	On July 15, 2015	Bloomed
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