I ordered Sailor Sky in 2016 from Ginny Pearce and have loved this daylily ever since. Ginny gives a lot of thought to what she names her daylilies and she told me this one was named for the old adage: "Red sky at morning, sailors' warning. Red sky at night, sailors' delight". I think it fits perfectly!
7/03/17 - Pictures just don't do the vivid color justice on this one, but this is about as close to the real thing as I have gotten it. I made the mistake of putting Ginny's daylilies right around the edge of the driveway where everybody parks and hers are some of the first they see. I just have to say, "sorry, I'm not splitting that one yet", because they just make beautiful clumps and bouquets. However, I did give a start of this one to my daughter.
7/11/21 - Sailor Sky with another of Ginny's intros 'My Wish Tonight' (2012). As of March of this year, I have 13 fans of Sailor Sky (after giving a few fans to my daughter last year), so it has multiplied well. It recovered nicely and did well this year. The blooms are right at the 28" height and bloom nicely above the foliage.
I get about 3-way branching with 15-18 buds. While I have not seen the branching and bud count that Ginny stated, I planted these daylilies near a maple tree, so I am sure those tree roots have affected it. As I continue to downsize, I will be moving Ginny's daylilies to better spots.
7/06/20, about 6PM - Even though, the color fades some throughout the day, it is still a beauty. I guess it would be considered a late bloomer in my zone 6b garden. First bloom was June 26th this year and bloomed until at least August 2nd. 2020 it bloomed around the same dates. I have not seen rust on it.
7/12/20, about 3PM
