Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Gates-L.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1983
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 18 inches
Bloom size: 6 inches
Bloom time: Extra early
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rebloom
Rust Resistance: Shows Susceptibility
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 2.8
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: apple red self with green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 1990
Honorable Mention: 1986

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Child plants: 50 child plants

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  • Daylily

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Location: Belmont garden
Date: 2005-0727
Reliable, sun-proof and multiplies well.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2013-07-05
 1:37 pm.  Very perky, lasting well in full sun.
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Photo Courtesy of Earlybird Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2013-07-02
 11:16 am. Always a reliable bloomer - rich colour and sturdy pet

Photo Courtesy of Homestead Farms Nursery. Used with Permission.
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Date: 2006-06-18
   Photo Courtesy of Manatawny Creek Farm Used With Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Island Daylily Farm. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of O'Bannon Springs Daylilies. Used with Permissio
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Location: Zone 9b
Date: 2016-07--04
Seductor buds
Location: Zone 9b
Date: 2016-07-04
Seductor bloom

Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Funderburk Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Courtesy of Peace on Earth Gardens Used with permission
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Photo Courtesy of Keast Daylily Gardens. Used with Permission.
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Photo Courtesy of Strongs Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Location: northern california zone 9b
Date: 2013-08-11
Including one aborted pod (far left) and one ripe and ready to op
Location: northern california zone 9b
Date: 2013-06-05
Seductor zone 9b
Location: northern california zone 9b
Date: June 2013
Seductor side view.

Image courtesy of Archway Daylily Gardens Used with permission
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Photo Courtesy of Valley of the Daylilies. Used with Permission
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