Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Brooks-H.
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1984
Foliage type: Dormant
Scape height: 33 inches
Bloom size: 7 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Early Morning Opener (EMO)
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Unusual Form
Unusual Form - Crispate
Color description: pale lemon yellow self with green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 1991

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: Mint Tint x sdlg
Child plants: 50 child plants

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Date: 2009-07-13

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Date: 2012-07-01
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  • Posted by Joy (Kalama, Wa. - Zone 8b) on Dec 3, 2011 3:48 PM concerning plant:
    A tough and vigorous slender-segmented pale lemon self whose flowers segments can twist and curl slightly, hence its name. Good bloom even when neglected severely. 10% poly
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