Introduced: 1941 |
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In the introduction year, A.B. Stout described it as:
" This is an outstanding red-flowered daylily with sturdy much branched scapes usually from 2 to not more than 3 feet tall. The flowers are medium small (about 3 inches in spread), full, and of a rich sprightly red that is near the Brazil-red of Ridgeway. The color is slightly darker in the mid-zone, which extends somewhat into a shallow throat of greenish orange. The foliage is coarse and rather upstanding with the tips extending into the level of the flowers. The period of bloom is throughout July. The flowers are widely open during the hours of daylight but close soon after dark. This plant was admired by Mrs. J. Norman Henry who suggested that it be named Port Daylily in memory of her youngest son, Frederick Porteous Henry. "
( cited from: Journal of the New York Botanical Garden, 1941, vol. 42, p. 10-17 )