Summer Valentine wins daylily award

Hemerocallis Summer Valentine is the 2008 winner of the All-American Daylily Award.

The plant has light, buff-pink flowers with a vivid burgundy-maroon eye zone and a matching picotee edge. Flowers are perched on 22- to 28-inch scapes and float about 5 inches above the foliage.

Summer Valentine is a semi-evergreen and an exhibition-type daylily, said Allen Owings, horticulturist at the Louisiana State University AgCenter.

Summer Valentine exhibits good rust resistance. It’s hardy in USDA Hardiness Zones 4-10.

All-American Daylily selections are tested in borders, beds and containers. Selections must be low maintenance and sun tolerant.

Previous winners include Lavender Vista and Persian Market. Daylilies that have earned the All-American designation show superior performance across at least five USDA Hardiness Zones.

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For more: All-American Daylily, (800) 770-2777; www.allamericandaylily.com.

Allen Owings, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Hammond Research Station, (985) 543-4125; aowings@agcenter.lsu.edu.

August 2008