Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Stamile
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1994
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 25 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Rust Resistance: Shows Susceptibility
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 4.5
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: raspberry rose blend with gold edge and green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2001
Honorable Mention: 1998
LEP: 2000

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
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: ((sdlg x Love Goddess) x Crush on You) x Tet. Barbara Mitchell
Child plants: 126 child plants

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Uploaded by jkporter
Location: My garden in northeast Texas
Date: 2010 summer
Beautiful raspberry pink color, a very good bloomer
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2014-07-25
Location: My garden, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Date: summer, 2021
Location: Z:5 
Date: 2018-07-05
Poly
Location: Nashville, TN
Date: 2014-06-26
Location: Québec
Date: 2021-07-24
Location: Home garden
Date: 2021-09-18
By KYgal

Photo Courtesy of Garfield Gardens Used with Permission
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Uploaded by Avedon

Photographed on a garden tour in Ohio

Photo courtesy of Bill Jarvis

Date: 2019-06-23
Location: MY GARDEN
Date: 2005-06-16
Location: Maine
Date: 2012-07-21
Stunning!
Uploaded by Cookies4kids

Photo courtesy of Karen Newman, Delano Daylilies
Location: Southern Indiana
Date: Early morning.  July 2022
Location: southern KY
Date: 4000-11-24
Location: North Carolina
Date: 2023-06-26
Chance Encounter

Image courtesy of Charlotte's Daylily Diary. Used with permission
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Location: North Carolina
Date: 2020-06-16
Chance Encounter
Location: My garden in northeast Texas
Date: 2010  Summer

Posted with permission and photographed by Robin Nichols http://w
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Uploaded by Hemophobic
Location: Ed Burton, NE Wisconsin

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Location: Haley Springs Farm
Date: 2020-07-18
Location: Helena, AL
Date: 2017-05-28

Photographed in hybridizer's garden, Florida
Location: My garden, North Central Idaho
Date: 6-20-2015

Photo Courtesy of Bluegrass Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission
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Uploaded by plantcollector
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 7-2008
Location: WA
Location: southern KY
Date: 2020-06-14

Date: 2011-12-16
Posted with permission and photographed by Leslie Mauck http://ww
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Date: 2008-03-01
Posted with permission and photographed by Leslie Mauck http://ww
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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2020-06-21

Date: 2009-01-04
Image courtesy of Charlotte's Daylily Diary. Used with permission
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Location: In my garden in Lenore, ID
Date: 7-3-2014
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: June 15, 2007
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: June 24, 2006
Location: In my garden in Lenore, ID
Date: 7-4-2014

Courtesy of Peace on Earth Gardens Used with permission
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Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2016-08-15
Location: Mexico, Missouri 
Date: 2020-06-30
Taken on an overcast morning
Location: Pinconning, MI
Date: 2018-07-26

Photo Courtesy of A-1 Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Walnut Hill Gardens Used With Permission. Unaut
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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2004-07-23

Photo Courtesy of Nottawasaga Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Location: southern KY
Date: 2020-06-27
Location: Lake Country Gardens, Perry, Missouri 
Date: 2015-07-04

Photo Courtesy of Alcovy Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.
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Location: Helena, AL
Date: 2017-05-28
Uploaded by mantisOH

Photo courtesy of Nate Bremer of Solaris Farms
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: June 13, 2007
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: June 2009

Date: 2003-08-07
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Comments:
  • Posted by pixie62560 (Northernmost and largest state in New England - Zone 5a) on Apr 16, 2013 5:16 AM concerning plant:
    It took a few years to settle in here in Maine but it instantly draws your eyes to it.
  • Posted by mantisOH (Athens, Ohio - Zone 6a) on Apr 18, 2018 9:44 PM concerning plant:
    Can be a slow opener. Some days never opens flat.
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