Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Stamile-Pierce
Year of Registration or Introduction: 2011
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 43 inches
Bloom size: 5.75 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bud Count: 36-40
Branching: 6-way
Fertility: Pod Fertile
Pollen Fertile
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Edged
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: royal purple base, dark blue purple eye, double edge of blue and white with green throat

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Precious Candy x Just As I Am
Child plants: 13 child plants

Image
Common names
  • Daylily

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Location: Carleton Place, Ontario Canada
Date: 2021-07-25
  • Uploaded by Ina
Location: Uazzo Gardens, North Italy
Date: 23 June 2020
Blue Racer couple in the shadow
Location: Singing Oakes Garden, Blythewood, SC
Date: 2019-06-05
Late Morning Image
Location: Singing Oakes Garden, Blythewood, SC
Date: 2016-08-05
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: August 18, 2021
I wasn’t aware this flower could be double!
Location: Ukraine
Date: 2017-08-15
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Photo courtesy of Patrick Guidry
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: 2023-07-14
Blue Racer
Location: Cantonment, FL
Date: 2014-06-23

Photo courtesy of Patrick Guidry

Photo Courtesy of Jammin's Daylily Garden . Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2016-06-27
Uploaded by LALAMBCHOP
Uploaded by farmerbell
Location: Shores of Miserva, my home
Date: 2017-07-01
Uploaded by farmerbell
Location: my garden-zone 6b
Date: 2023-06-30
Blue racer
Location: Ukraine
Date: 2017-07-22
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Date: 2011-05-27
Photo courtesy of Floyd Cove Nursery
Location: Winton, NC
Date: 2014-06-16

Date: 2016-06-13
Location: Mexico, Missouri 
Date: 2020-06-30
Taken on an overcast morning
Location: Mexico, Missouri 
Date: 2020-06-30
Taken on an overcast morning
Location: Ohio
Date: 2023-06-03
Blue racer
Location: Gulf-coast Texas
Date: 2015-05-05
Location: Gulf-coast Texas
Date: 2015-05-06

Photo courtesy of Patrick Guidry
Location: Enterprise, FL
Date: 2012-05-21
Taken at Floyd Cove Nursery.
Location: Uazzo Gardens, North Italy
Date: 4 July 2019
Blue Racer stunning beauty
Location: Pinellas Park, FL
Date: 2015-05-02
Bay Area Daylily Society Show and Sale
Comments:
  • Posted by Zoia (Stoneham MA - Zone 6b) on Dec 2, 2021 10:59 PM concerning plant:
    Somewhat rusty during the great infestation of 2021
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