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Oct 23, 2016 6:01 PM CST
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Name: Becky
East Coast of Florida (Zone 10a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Daylilies Hummingbirder Butterflies Seed Starter Container Gardener
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Background history:

'Watusi Warrior' is a dormant tetraploid introduced in 2003 by Chambers-Moldovan. Hybridizer Steve Moldovan did his hybridizing at Moldovan's Garden in Avon, Ohio.

More about the Moldovan's Garden can be found on the website:
http://www.daylilytrader.com/m...

This plant can be found in the NGA Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Watusi Warrior') .

Watusi Warrior is a mid-season bloomer. It is pod fertile with 1 currently registered child: http://garden.org/plants/paren...

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Watusi Warrior')
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Oct 23, 2016 6:20 PM CST
Name: Karen
Southeast PA (Zone 6b)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015
I really like its dark red color but the flowers substance cannot hold up to the heat and will melt by early afternoon. It is not pod fertile for me. I am not sure if it is pollen fertile because I have not tried to pollinate its pollen with other daylilies due to its weak petal substance. It has alot of buds on the scape and many buds will bloom at the same time.

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Oct 25, 2016 1:13 PM CST
Name: Mary Anne Jay
Wentworth, NS, Canada (Zone 4a)
Region: Canadian Million Pollinator Garden Challenge


I love this one. It was planted in '15 so I have only seen blooms this growing season but it is tall reaching the registered height of 36 inches and maybe even taller with the 5.5 inch blooms. It looks like velvet and holds up well in wet weather. All blooms are consistent in form and color. Although I did not get the registered branching, I did have blooms over a long stretch. I expect a better show next season. This is a keeper for me for sure.
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Oct 28, 2021 9:03 PM CST
Name: Zoia Bologovsky
Stoneham MA (Zone 6b)
Azaleas Region: Massachusetts Organic Gardener Daylilies Cat Lover Bulbs
Butterflies Birds Bird Bath, Fountain and Waterfall Bee Lover Enjoys or suffers cold winters
This plant bloomed its little head off, less than a year after planting. Starting in June 24 to July 20, Watusi Warrior bloomed 19 flowers. I think it held its color and substance quite well, despite heat and rain.

The same flower at 9:42 am and 5:11pm on a 90 plus degree day

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WW after being pounded by rain all day at 4:45 pm
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Just being it's pretty self
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Dec 27, 2022 3:00 PM CST
Name: Zoia Bologovsky
Stoneham MA (Zone 6b)
Azaleas Region: Massachusetts Organic Gardener Daylilies Cat Lover Bulbs
Butterflies Birds Bird Bath, Fountain and Waterfall Bee Lover Enjoys or suffers cold winters
2022…WW has done pretty well. It has increased slightly and put on a nice show this summer from July 4-24 with 28 flowers. A solid Midseason bloomer. By October it was at 9 fans with a slight case of rust.
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Nov 27, 2023 10:49 PM CST
Name: Zoia Bologovsky
Stoneham MA (Zone 6b)
Azaleas Region: Massachusetts Organic Gardener Daylilies Cat Lover Bulbs
Butterflies Birds Bird Bath, Fountain and Waterfall Bee Lover Enjoys or suffers cold winters
2023 update…a good year for WW. It only bloomed from July 2-21 with at least 25 blooms and ended the season with 13 fans. It is quickly approaching clump strength.
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