Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: AHS Daylily Cultivar Info
Hybridizer: Lake
Year of Registration or Introduction: 1961
Foliage type: Evergreen
Scape height: 26 inches
Bloom time: Early midseason
Plant Traits: Rebloom
Diurnal
Bloom Traits: Self
Bloom Form: Spider
Color description: violet blue self with creamy green throat
AHS Awards: Honorable Mention: 2009

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
Parentage: (Lilac Time x sdlg) x Blue Horizon
Child plants: 6 child plants

Image
Common names
  • Daylily

'Harbor Blue' was a featured
Plant of the Day for September 25, 2019.
Photo Gallery
Location: my front yard
Date: 2014-07-04
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2014-05-23
Location: southern KY
Date: 2019-06-20
Location: my front yard
Date: 2014-07-16

Date: 2014-05-24
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: southern KY
Date: 2006-01-06
Location: southern KY
Date: 2018-07-11
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2004-07-23
Polymerous bloom
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2014-05-25
Location: auburn, alabama
Date: june 2016
Location: Private Daylily Garden, MI
Date: 2004-07-31

Photo Courtesy of Eclectic Gardens. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-06-28
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2012-07-01
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-07-20
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-07-20
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Cheryl's Daylilies. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2012-06-30
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of A La Carte Daylilies. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Crossview Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by Joy (Kalama, Wa. - Zone 8b) on Dec 3, 2011 5:14 AM concerning plant:
    Violet blue self with creamy green throat. This is a dark purple slender star with a medium to light yellow throat inside a darker, chevron-shaped eyezone. Three year old clump will bloom profusely over two months, its slender star-shaped flowers presented in an out-facing manner. Limited pod fertility. Pollen was accepted in 30% of the crosses undertaken.

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Daylilies Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Daylilies (Hemerocallis)

« Visit the Daylilies forum

» Read our note about daylily rust scores

« The Daylilies Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page