Introduced: 1941 |
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In the introduction year, A.B. Stout described it as:
" This plant has tall (40 inches), much branched scapes. The flower buds are reddish brown; the open flowers are of medium size (about 4.5 inches spread), full, and the color in the face outside of the throat is nearly uniformly dark red of a shade between garnet-brown and maroon of Ridgeway and near the carmine of the Garden Dictionary. The throat of yellowish orange is in sharp contrast to the outer zone of red. Thus the pattern is concentric and two-toned. The red coloring is near that of the Vulcan Daylily but without a midband; the shape of the flower and the habit of growth are also quite different. The flowers hold color and form throughout the day even in hot weather, and they close after the sun sets. The period of bloom is chiefly in July. "
( cited from: Journal of the New York Botanical Garden, 1941, vol. 42, p. 10-17 )