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RED TAILED HAWK   (James Gossard 2004)
Red Tailed Hawk is a fabulous 7 ½”  red flower with a nice green throat and deeper red eye. Color is very sun fast. Plants have deep blue green foliage, resistant to both spring sickness and leaf streak.  Flowers have 3-4 way branching with 18-22-bud count. Bud Builder. Outstanding in a clump, a very good garden plant.  Pod parent of my new super red daylily , Megatron. Pollen fertile, very difficult pod parent.(Ruby Spider x Frankie's Fantasy) x Red Hurricane   Tet 7 ½” Dormant 45” M  Unusual form pinched $50 Single fans

This shot was taken September 1, 2009, full sun at 12 noon.
This was the last flower of the season for it, pretty nice.
 There was only a few others  blooming at this time.
It is a bud builder, which allows it to bloom for a long period of time