Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Davisson-J.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2008
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 43 inches
Bloom size: 9 inches
Bloom time: Midseason-Late
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bud Count: 21-25
Branching: 4-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Cascade
Color description: apricot self above wide yellow to chartreuse throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 2019
Honorable Mention: 2015
PC: 2023, 60 votes

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: Tetraploid
Parentage: sdlg x Osterized
Child plants: 19 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Location: Belgium
Date: 2022-07-13
Location: Belgium
Date: 2023-07-12
Location: SE Michigan
Location: Garden of Cyril and Mary Weller, New York
Date: 2022-07-22
Uploaded by floota
Location: Judy Davisson's garden
Date: 2014-07-02
Location: My garden, Baltimore MD
Date: 2021-06-28

Date: 2012-10-10
"Mean Green" a fabulous plant and beautiful bloom in zone 5
Location: Starkey,NY
Date: 2014-07-22
MEAN GREEN
Location: My garden
Date: 2021-07-16
Location: Brown City, MI
Date: 2017-07-20
Location: 7A
Date: 2015
Branching
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2017-06-07
Uploaded by daylilydreams
Location: home garden VA
Date: 2015-08-18
Location: 7A
Date: 2014-7-26
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-06-27
Uploaded by mantisOH
Location: Koeln,  Germany
Date: 2019
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-07-23
Location: West St. Paul, Minnesota
Date: 2020-07-20
Uploaded by dormantsrule

Date: 2018-06-28
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2017-06-03

Date: 2006-06-25
Photo courtesy of Judy Davisson
Location: Brown City, MI
Date: 2017-07-20
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2016-07-27
Location: Starkey,NY
Date: 2012-06-11
MEAN GREEN
Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2019-07-11
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-06-28
Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
Date: 2018-07-14
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2021-07-14
Location: Warne, NC
Date: 2020-07-17
DAVISSON
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-07-10
In the late afternoon, after a rainy day

Photo courtesy of Harmon Hill Farm
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Singing Oakes Garden, Blythewood, SC
Date: 2016-08-05
Uploaded by Nysbadmk8
Comments:
  • Posted by TreeClimber (Michigan - rural - Zone 5a) on Aug 11, 2017 5:06 PM concerning plant:
    This one needs room to really shine, give it some space. It really impresses when you can take in a clump that isn't crowded by other daylilies.
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