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When well irrigated during summer months, the Ann Case daylily will produce significantly more buds and branches, as demonstrated in the third image. Rebloom occurs, though not consistently from year to year. A special flower named for a special person. Makes smaller fans; sold as a 2-3 fan bare-root division.

I hybridized this daylily in the late 1990s from two of my favorites, ('Brookwood Wow' x 'Ruffled Masterpiece'), and moved it to the Samuels Bulb Garden of the Missouri Botanical Garden where I could monitor it daily during its blooming season. Fast forward several years, and the plant remained in situ, unlabeled. At the time, Ann Case, a meticulous volunteer bloom recorder through the Garden's Plant Answer Service and assigned to my area, frequently reminded me that the plant was unlabeled, making her job a bit more complicated as she needed to record its bloom it by its accessioned name. This frustration continued for several years. In 2011, when the Garden planned to recognize Ann for her 40th anniversary as a volunteer, ideas were being gathered for how best to honor her; I felt this daylily was perfectly suited to bear her name, and proposed the idea. The seedling was officially registered with the American Hemerocallis Society, and a division was potted up and forced into flower for the annual volunteer awards ceremony. During the ceremony, Ann was called to the podium, and a quick slide show behind her revealed her flower. We then brought out a potted, flowering, labeled plant to present to Ann. She was completely surprised and overjoyed—and most deserving.

Ann Case began volunteering with the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1977. A few years later she joined The Saint Louis Herb Society (TSLHS), the group responsible for maintaining the Garden's herb garden and providing herb-related educational events. Within TSLHS, Ann worked on several books, including “How to Grow Herbs in the Midwest” and “Mediterranean Herbs.” Over her years at the Garden, Ann helped establish the Garden Host Program, served as a Plant Doctor, and wrote an article on long-blooming perennials (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/advice-tips-resources/visual-guides/long-blooming-perennials.aspx). She was the recipient of its Master Gardener of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, and Life Achievement awards. In addition to serving on the Garden’s Members' Board, Ann served with the Webster Groves Garden Club, the Ladue Garden Club, the Boxwood Society, as a board member of the Missouri chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and served on the Friends Committee of the Danforth Plant Science Center. Of her many recognitions, Ann’s favorite was having a hybridized daylily named for her, Hemerocallis ‘Ann Case’.