Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Reed
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2005
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 60 inches
Bloom size: 8 inches
Bloom time: Midseason-Late
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Bud Count: 26-30
Branching: 2-way
Fertility: Pollen Fertile
Fertility notes: Difficult to set a pod, but the pollen is good.
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Cascade
Color description: gold yellow with rose peach blush eye above green throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2014
Honorable Mention: 2009
LAA: 2021
L/W: 2019
NRS: 2014

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: Diploid
Child plants: 8 child plants

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Location: springfield MO
Date: 2022-07-01
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Date: 2012-06-23
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2022-07-04
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2020-07-10
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Location: 2014 National Tour Garden in North Carolina
Date: 2014-07-01
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-27
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Location: Brown City, Michigan
Date: 2012-07-25
Location: Oswego, Illinois
Date: July 2023
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Location: Pinconning, MI
Date: 2018-08-08
Location: Oswego, Illinois
Date: July 2023
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Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2016-07-15
Location: Perfect Perennials daylily nursery; York, PA
Date: 2011-07-06
Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2022-06-27

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Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2020-07-31

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Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2023-06-27
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Date: 2023-07-25
Dances with Giraffes
Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2022-06-27
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Location: southern KY
Date: 2020-06-07

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Location: southern KY
Date: 2020-06-29

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Date: 2019-07-26
Location: Chicoutimi
Date: 2023-07-12
Location: Chicoutimi
Date: 2023-07-19
Location: Brown City, Michigan
Date: 2014-07-11
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Location: southern KY
Date: 2020-07-05

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