Champion Daylilies
Patterns
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Daylilies come in a wide variety of colors and combinations.
Below you will see an explanation to help you further understand the nomenclature used to describe the variations.
Band
A darker colored area just above the throat of a flower, on the petals only. If the band of color also appears on the sepals of the flowers, it is called an eye. Note in the example below that the pattern color of the band does NOT appear on the sepal at the bottom.
Bi-tone
A flower with inner and outer segments of different tints of the same basic color. A bi-tone has lighter outer segments (sepals) and darker inner segments (petals). A ‘reverse bi-tone’ has the darker tones on its outer ring (sepals) and lighter coloration on the inner segments (petals).
Blend
Flower with an intermingling of two or more colors.
Border
A distinctly different color found on the outer edges of the flower segments.
Complete Self
A flower having perianth segments, throat, pistil and stamens all the same color.Also see: Perianth, Pistil, Segment, Self, Stamen.
Diamond Dusted, Gold Dusted
Flowers having structures that produce a glitter-like quality on the petal surface. When the sparkles appear white, it is referred to as diamond dusting. Some reference works also recognize the fact that some of these reflections on yellow cultivars appear to be gold and yellow - these are called gold dusted.
Edged
Distinctly different color occurring along the outer edge of the segments of a daylily.
Eye, Eyezone
A darker colored zone on the petals and sepals of the flower just above the throat. Notice that in the examples below the eye pattern also appears on the sepals. If the dark pattern only appears on the petals, it as called a band.
Overlay
Used in two ways: 1) to describe texture for "a flower with a velvet-like suface, or 2) in reference to color for "a flower with another color over the basic color." Also see: Dusting, Wash. All three terms are somewhat interchangeable.
Picotee
A specific type of edge on a flower, where the edge is of a different color than that of the flower's base color. Picotees can have borders or margins which are lighter or darker, but they should be of a contrasting color, i.e., white edge on a red flower or red edge on an eyed flower. The only criterion is that the edge be of a contrasting color as the base of the flower; it can sometimes take bizarre shapes as well as hooks, horns, teeth, bubbles, braids, or fringe. All picotees are edges, but not all edges are picotees. All picotees are picoteed edges.
Polychrome
Flowers blending and intermingling many colors without distinct bands.
Self
A flower having perianth segments all of the same color. The throat region can be a different color.
Tipped
A distinctly different color occurring on the tips of the petals.
Veining
A color pattern on the floral segments in which the base color and the veins within these tepals are of a contrasting color.
Wash
In reference to color, it refers to the layering of one color over another. Is used, as in, "a flower with a wash of another color over the basic color." Also see: Overlay, dusting. All three terms are interchangeable.
Watermark
A zone above the flower's throat which is lighter in color than the petal color.