Data specific to Daylilies (Edit)
AHS link: |
AHS Daylily Cultivar Info |
Hybridizer: |
Hite |
Year of Registration or Introduction: |
1994 |
Foliage type: |
Semi-evergreen
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Scape height: |
29 inches |
Bloom size: |
5.5 inches |
Bloom time: |
Midseason
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Plant Traits: |
Diurnal
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Bloom Traits: |
Self
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Bloom Form: |
Single
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Color description: |
light blue self with chartreuse throat |
General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
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Life cycle: |
Perennial
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Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
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Flowers: |
Showy
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Propagation: Seeds: |
Will not come true from seed
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Propagation: Other methods: |
Division
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Ploidy: |
Tetraploid
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Parentage: |
Royal Blue Blood x Chicago Blue Eyes |
Child plants: |
3 child plants |
Posted by
Polymerous (South San Francisco Bay Area - Zone 9b) on Apr 9, 2016 8:36 PM concerning plant:
The foliage is relatively narrow (for a tetraploid) and is dark green.
The bloom color on this cultivar is variable. Some days it looks more blue-ish, other days more of a lavender or orchid. I think it may be weather related, but I have not yet figured out which temperatures (cooler or warmer nights) produce which colors.
'Angelus Blue Skies' consistently produces 4 x 4 polymerous blooms here (SF Bay Area) at a low %, maybe 20% at best. In the few crosses that I have made with it, versus non-polymerous daylilies, it did not seem to have passed on that trait.
The blooms tend to be slightly chalice shaped here - in other words, not opening flat or slightly recurved. After cool nights they are very slow to open and may not open "fully" (as full as they ever do).
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