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Mar 16, 2021 6:01 PM CST
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Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
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Background history:

'Melon Balls' is a dormant introduced in 1960 by Wild.

It has earned the following AHS awards:
Award of Merit: 1965
Honorable Mention: 1962
JC: 1960
ATG: 1966

This plant can be found in our Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Melon Balls') .

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Melon Balls')
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Mar 16, 2021 8:25 PM CST
Name: Zoia Bologovsky
Stoneham MA (Zone 6b)
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Melon Balls is a nice old cultivar. It's been very reliable for me, over many years. It always puts on a good show in Midseason. It's not the most exciting Daylily but it has a few nice features.
One thing that I like is that the flower goes from a cantaloupe color in the morning to a light rose by evening. Also on hot days, it earns its name by rolling the petals back and presenting itself as ...wait for it...a melon ball!
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Some morning pictures


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An afternoon pic, you can see the color turning


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Flower color by evening
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