Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Apps
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2000
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 25 inches
Bloom size: 5 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 3-way
Bloom Traits: Watermark
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: deep rose with lighter watermark above light green throat

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Sue Rothbauer x Pete's Joy
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Date: 2023-06-30
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Date: 2019-07-03
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Date: 2020-06-30
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2019-07-31
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2019-07-31
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2019-07-31
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: June 24, 2021
Location: my garden in Frederick, MD
Date: 2007-08-03

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Location: my garden in Frederick MD
Date: 2015-06-23
Location: Bordine Nursery, Brighton, MI
Date: 7-2008
Location: Bordine Nursery, Brighton, MI
Date: 7-2008
Comments:
  • Posted by critterologist (Frederick, MD - Zone 6b) on Apr 19, 2012 5:15 AM concerning plant:
    Not as ever-blooming as 'Happy Returns', but still reblooms frequently through the summer for me. I love the light ruffling (I'm actually not a fan of the new "chicken fat" heavy ruffles).

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