Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Blue-eyed Butterfly') in the Daylilies Database

Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link:	AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer:	Lambertson
Year of Registration or Introduction:	1996
Foliage type:	Semi-evergreen
Scape height:	24 inches
Bloom size:	5.5 inches
Bloom time:	Early midseason
Plant Traits:	Extended Bloom
Rust Resistance:	Shows Susceptibility
Bloom Traits:	Eye or Band
Bloom Form:	Single
Color description:	near white with medium blue eyezone and green throat
AHS Awards:	Honorable Mention: 2002

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Flowers:	Showy
Propagation: Seeds:	Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Ploidy:	Tetraploid
Parentage:	Intricate Eyes x Lonesome Dove
Child plants:	18 child plants

Common names

Daylily

'Blue-eyed Butterfly' was a featured
Plant of the Day for November 14, 2017.

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Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2020-07-20

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Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2015-07-16

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Location: My Caffeinated Garden, Grapevine, TX
Date: 2018-05-23
Nice Eyezone and Form! Thank You Susan!

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Date: 2018-06-12

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Date: 2020-06-21

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Date: July 2021

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Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-07-05

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Date: 2020-05-04

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Date: 2020-07-03

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Location: springfield MO
Date: 2014-07-03

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Location: My zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-14
This is up there with my favorite daylilies.

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Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2021-07-10

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Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-03
I love this flower.

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Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2014-07-25

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Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-01
Love it!!!

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Date: 2004-07-31
Photo Courtesy of Nova Scotia Daylilies Used with Permission

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Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2021-07-08
another poly

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Location: Starkey,NY
Date: 2011-07-13
BLUE EYED BUTTERFLY

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Location: Starkey,NY
Date: 2011-07-11
BLUE EYED BUTTERFLY

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Date: 2021-06-07

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Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2007-08-04

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2020-07-16
- A cheerful, happy face.

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Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-04
One of my favs.

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2008-06-10

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Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2020-07-05
a must have for me.

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Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-06-24
My very first bloom on a 1st year plant - it is exactly the same

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Location: My zone 5 garden.
Date: 2017-07-05

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Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2013-07-21

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Location: Western Washington
Date: 2017-06-23

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Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-07-07

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Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-06-13

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Location: Wisconsin zone 5a
Date: 2015-07-14

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Date: 2009-01-04
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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2006-07-02

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Location: Naperville, IL
Date: July 2020

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Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2003-06-28

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Location: Hollis NH
Date: July 19, 2022
The Stern Collection

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Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-08
Love it!

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Location: Ditchlily's Garden
Date: 2011-06-02
Blue-Eyed Butterfly 6-12 (1)

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Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-06-26
One of my favorites

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Comments:

Posted by bluegrassmom (South central KY - Zone 6b) on Mar 26, 2021 8:34 PM concerning plant:

I love the bloom on this Lambertson. It is a slow grower in my zone 6 garden but a keeper!

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Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Mar 23, 2014 2:20 PM concerning plant:

This was one of Luddy Lambertson's early intros and it's a lovely bloom and still unique enough for me to recognize it instantly. I have had mine for many years now, and even though in my new garden I do get a touch of rust on it later in the season, I love it enough to still keep it

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Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Oct 8, 2011 6:27 PM concerning plant:

I grew 'Blue-Eyed Butterfly' and loved it!

Because I had to trim the number of Daylilies from approx. 400 to around 20, I don't grow it anymore.

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