Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Gossard
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2003
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 52 inches
Bloom size: 10 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 26-30
Branching: 5-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Fertility notes: Fertile both ways but difficult pod parent
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Cascade
Color description: golden yellow self
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2020
Honorable Mention: 2017

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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Techny Spider x Jack and the Beanstalk
Child plants: 12 child plants

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Location: North Carolina
Date: 2023-07-07
Big Birds Friend
Uploaded by jkporter
Location: Ohio
Date: 2012-07
Taken at Heavenly Gardens during the 2012 National
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2011-06-25
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-07-14
Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2015-07-30
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2007-06-18
Location: North Carolina
Date: 2023-07-10
Big Birds Friend
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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2017-08-08
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2020-07-02
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi

Date: 2012-07-15
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2016-07-13

Photo Courtesy of Singing Oakes Garden
Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2014-07-28

Date: 2009-07-31
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2015-08-09
Location: Along The Fence Daylilies, Dansville, MI
Date: 2018-07-28
Location: My garden
Date: JULY-11-2016
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2007-06-18
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2007-06-15
Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2014-07-23

Photographed in John Rice's garden, Kentucky
Location: Georgetown, KY
Date: 2015-07-11
Taken at Jackie & Dan Canner's garden.

Photo Courtesy of Nottawasaga Daylilies. Used with Permission.
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Photo courtesy of James Gossard of Heavenly Gardens
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2011-06-19

Photo Courtesy of Fairyscape Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Fairyscape Daylilies. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Hillside Daylilies. Used with Permission
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