This Unusual Form (Pinched Crispate) daylily is a very hardy evergreen, like its sibling Gail Guye. It is named to honour my friend, garden helper, and lover of daylilies, Karen Patterson. Since Gail and Karen are very good friends, it is appropriate that their daylilies are siblings from a cross of 'Lupita Vindaz' x 'Websters Pink Wonder'. The flowers are held just above the foliage and it blooms during the mid-late season. The flower is a dark rose pink self. There is a soft yellow star-shaped throat.

This daylily is named to honour one of my first customers (Gail Romo) and an unfailing friend and volunteer helper at our gardens, who loves daylilies. Although the plant is an evergreen, it is very hardy. It was lined out as single fans in late summer and overwintered exceptionally well with no losses and great spring growth. The flower is a medium light rose pink self. A soft lemon yellow throat forms a beautiful triangle with the lemon yellow echoed at the beginning of the sepals. A raised cream coloured midrib extends the full length of the petals.

The flower on this plant is a stunning burnt orange with pencil-lined edges. It stands out in the garden with its very large golden yellow throat extending halfway out on the petals and sepals to form a golden star shape. The petals have ruffled edges with some ruffling exhibited on the sepals. The sepals exhibit cascading and some sculpting is visible on most blooms (ridges extending out 3/4 of the way on the petals). The flower has very heavy substance and holds up well in the rain. There is 3-5 way branching which distributes the blooms really well and it has an average bud count of 15.