Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Wheeler
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1947
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 20 inches
Bloom size: 4 - 4 1/2 inches
Bloom time: Early
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Rust Resistance: Shows Susceptibility
Rust Resistance Decimal Score: 4.0
Bloom Traits: Self
Bitone or Reverse Bitone
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: ORM2: Orange red medium with markings, bitone, or polychrome

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Common names
  • Daylily

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Location: Wood County, TX
Date: 2024-04-26
FFO. not EMO here
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 30, 2021
Rebloom

Cloudy morning photo
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 29, 2022

Date: 2011-07-03
Location: Zone 5b, Chicago suburbs
Date: June 21, 2021
Location: Taken in my garden
Date: 2012-05-05
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: July 21, 2019
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-05-16
Location: Martin County Florida zone 10
Date: July
an even younger proliferation on Ming Toy
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-06-29
Location: Martin County Florida
Date: June
tape measure showing size of bloom

Photo courtesy of Daylilies of Kenefick
Location: Martin County Florida zone 10
Date: April
Location: southern KY
Date: 6/1/2019

Date: Summer, 2009
Constantly comes back for me every year.

Photo Courtesy of Lilywood Farms. Used with Permission.
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Location: Stone Cottage Gardens, Gladwin, MI
Date: 7-2008
Location: southern KY
Date: 2018-05-29
Location: Martin County Florida zone 10
Date: July
proliferation on Ming Toy
Location: Martin County Florida
Date: April
Early morning; bloom still opening
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2014-05-16
Location: Osaka, Japan
Date: July 5, 2008
Photo by KENPEI
Location: Stone Cottage Gardens, Gladwin, MI
Date: 7-2008
Comments:
  • Posted by rebeccawheeler1 (Amherst, Massachusetts) on Jul 11, 2012 6:53 PM concerning plant:
    I have Ming Toy and am willing to send out one or two plants. I live in zone 5B Massachusetts. Ming Toy has been producing for 5 years and I Iove it. RW Wheeler, my grandfather, was the hybridizer in 1947.

    David Wheeler
  • Posted by flaflwrgrl (North Fl. - Zone 8b) on Sep 28, 2011 8:15 PM concerning plant:
    I grew this daylily in zone 10 in Fl. where it never disappointed. A star performer. Depending on the weather in any given year it could begin blooming in early April & bloom off & on (more on than off) straight through until Sept./Oct. It had no pests or diseases for me. I could always count on a pretty display from Ming Toy. It also made a goodly number of proliferations even in blazing temperatures.
Plant Events from our members
flaflwrgrl On April 28, 2015 Bloomed
FFO
flaflwrgrl On April 2, 2015 Maintenance performed
Weeded, alfalfa pellets, mulched, corn gluten pre-emergent.
flaflwrgrl On July 13, 2014 Maintenance performed
Fed alfalfa.
piksihk On September 26, 2015 Obtained plant
HW. Died. 2020
fivz_e_nuf On April 1, 2023 Bloomed
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