Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Farris
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1963
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 22 inches
Bloom size: 5.5 inches
Bloom time: Midseason
Plant Traits: Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Eye or Band
Bloom Form: Single
Color description: deep rich gold with dark purple eyezone and 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
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Diploid
Child plants: 7 child plants

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  • Daylily

'Indian Sky' was a featured
Plant of the Day for April 25, 2018.
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Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Denver, Colorado 5b
Date: 2020-07-24
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: 2018-08-09
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Location: Saaremaa, Estonia
Date: 2023-08-07
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Location: my garden zone 7b NC, USA
Date: 2013-07-13
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Location: Lincoln NE (5b)
Date: 2018-07-02

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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-07-22
Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 2018-07-19
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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-08-31
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Location: Wentworth, NS, Canada
Date: 2016-08-09
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Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 2018-07-10
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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-07-16
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2014-07-25
Location: my garden zone 7b NC
Date: 2012-06-14
Location: Waynesboro MS
Date: 2006-02-18
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Photo Courtesy of Saksa Daylily Farm. Used with Permission
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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2010-08-11
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Location: Estonia
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-07-16

Date: 2008-06-12
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Comments:
  • Posted by Joy (Kalama, Wa. - Zone 8b) on Aug 20, 2017 2:59 PM concerning plant:
    Rebloom here in my PNW garden is very uncommon. But when I do get it, it's often on a plant not listed as a rebloomer. That's the case this year with Indian Sky. I've grown it for years and have never seen it do this, but this year it has sent up 1 reblooming scape and may never do it again.
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