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Shaka Zulu from Haley_Springs_Farm

Shaka Zulu daylily bloom

Shaka Zulu

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This dramatic early-morning opener has us take pictures every time (which is a whole lot thanks to rebloom). That big green throat that melts into electric lighter purple and burgundy velvet... Shaka was legendarily fierce, but his namesake daylily is just regal.

Daylily Database Data

Shaka Zulu

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(Moldovan, 1992)

Scape Height

28"

Bloom Size

6"

Bloom Season

Early-Midseason

Form

Single

Ploidy

Tetraploid

Foliage Type

Semi-Evergreen

Bloom Habit

Extended

Parentage

(Court Magician × Mephistopheles)

Color

dark grape purple with white edging and pale watermark above lemon cream to green throat