Color Patterns
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Bicolor - Petals and sepals are different colors.
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Bitone - The petals and sepals differ in shade or intensity of the same basic color.
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Blend - The flower is a blend of two or more colors
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Dotted - Colors are crowded onto larger areas (also flecked, flaked, speckled, stippled)
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Dusted - Color appears misted onto the surface.
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Edged (or picoteed) - Edges of the flower segments are iether lighter or darker than the rest of the segment.
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Eyed, eyezoned or banded - The flower has an area of displaying a different color (zone) between the throat and the tips of the flower.
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Polychrome - The bloom segments have a mixture of three or more colors.
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Tipped - The segment tips or the petal tips are a different or contrasting color than the body of the segment.
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Bloom Form
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Circular - The flower appears round. Segments sometimes overlap.
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Double - The bloom has more than six segments. The extra segments may appear as a bloom within a bloom.
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Flaring - The segments arch away from the throat, commonly found on blooms with a triangular front view.
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Recurved - The bloom flares but the ends roll under.
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Ruffled - There are ruffles along the edges of the bloom.
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Spider - Flowers have very narrow petals and a spider-like form (Informal)
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Star - Flower shaped like a three or six pointed star.
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Trinagular- Viewed front-on, the flower segments form a triangle.
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Trumpet - Segments ascend (rise) from the throat rather than the usual outward spread.
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Bloom time
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Diurnal - open only during the day.
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Nocturnal - open late in the afternoon and remain open all night.
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Extended - blooms remain open at least 16 hours.
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Extra Early (EE)- March to June, dependant upon hardiness zone.
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Early (E) - Three to five weeks prior to the main bloom of midseason.
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Early Midseason (EM) - One to three weeks prior to height of bloom season.
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Midseason (M) - May to July depending on hardiness zone
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Late Midseason (LM) - One to three weeks after peak of bloom season.
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Late (L) - Four to six weeks after the peak of season.
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Very Late (VL)- Last to bloom in late summer or early fall.
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Rebloomer (Re)- Bloom more than once during a season.
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Everblooming - Bloom repeatedly through the summer with little time between blooms.
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Flower size
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Large - Bloom is 4" or more in diameter
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Small - Bloom is 3" to 4" in diameter
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Miniature - Bloom is less than 3" in diameter
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Genetic
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Tetraploid - Have two times the normal number of chromosomes. Have larger flowers, sturdier scapes and more intense colors than other daylilies
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Diploid - Generally thought to be formed more attractively than tetraploid types, as well as having smaller but more numerous flowers.
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Plant height
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Tall - The scapes are more than 36" high
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Medium- The scapes are from 24" to 36" high.
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Low - Scapes are 6 to 24" high.
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Plant Type
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Dormant - The leaves die completely back as winter approaches, generally prefer colder climates.
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Evergreen - Retain their leaves all year in mild climates.
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Semi-evergreen- Retains leaves longer than dormant type, but not evergreen.
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