Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Pittard
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1974
Foliage type: Semi-evergreen
Scape height: 15 inches
Bloom size: 4 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Extended Bloom
Rust Resistance: Shows Susceptibility
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 4.5
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: rusty red self with yellow throat
AHS Awards: Award of Merit: 1982
Honorable Mention: 1979
LAA: 1984
ATG: 1979
FS: 1978

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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Child plants: 18 child plants

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Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: 2019-06-28
Hemerocallis 'Red Rum' (Pittard, 1974)
Location: Wiesbaden - Germany
Date: 2014-05-30
bloomed earlier than normal
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-07-09
Despite it being not so fancy it still seriously earns a place in

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Location: southern KY
Date: 2018-06-18
Location: BX Creek Daylilies, Vernon, BC.
Photo by Gail Morgan of BX Creek Daylilies. Used with permission.
Location: my garden
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-06-09
Location: Estonia
Date: 2021-07-12

Date: 2011-07-28
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission
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Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2017-06-16
Location: Chatham-Kent, Ontario   5b
Date: 2013-07-22

Date: 2011-07-28
Location: Kent, UK
Date: 2011-07-20

Photo Courtesy of Rural Roots Gardens. Used with Permission
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Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Lake. Used with Permission.
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Location: Washington
Date: 2016-06-03

Photo Courtesy of Wrights Daylily Garden. Used with Permission
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Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2017-06-16
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2013-08-01

Date: 2009-01-13
Photo Courtesy of Liliana Flower Farm Used With Permission
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