DIXIE AYERS

(Kirchhoff) 28" EE Re Ex Dor 5". This special daylily is named for a special daylily friend from Georgia who delights everyone with her keen humor and fine eye for good daylilies. It is also a favorite of garden visitors. Though displaying dormant plant habit, it performs here as well as most evergreens. The vivid red eyezones and bright red edges (flecked gold), splashed onto sorbet orange colored petals, are intense and punctuated by yellow to green throats. An early morning opener, the form is symmetrical, overlapped, and wide open with sepals slightly recurved. Sparkling with diamond dusting and firm substance these blooms remain fresh all day. The strongly recurrent scapes produce multitudes of showy blooms. A fine parent - moderately pod fertile and very fertile pollen.
(Frank Smith x Seedling) X (Edgy Appeal x Seedling). JC AHS 2000.