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Jan 3, 2016 6:01 PM CST
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Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
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Background history:

'Baby Blues' is a dormant diploid introduced in 1990 by Grace Stamile. See Grace (and husband, Pat's) website for information about the daylilies they grow in Arroyo Grande, CA: http://www.distinctly.on.ca/st...

For more information about Grace (and Pat), read Char's thread: The thread "ATP Series: The Daylilies of Patrick and Grace Stamile" in Daylilies forum

Baby Blues is a mid-season, extended bloomer. It has earned the following AHS awards: Honorable Mention: 1995 and DFM: 1999. It is listed as showing a rust resistance rating of 2.0. It is both pod and pollen fertile with currently 36 registered children: http://garden.org/plants/paren...

This plant can be found in the ATP Plant Database at:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Baby Blues') .

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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Baby Blues')
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Jan 3, 2016 6:28 PM CST
Name: Donald
Eastland county, Texas (Zone 8a)
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Wouldn't "Stamile-G" be Grace Stamile?
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Jan 3, 2016 7:04 PM CST
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Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
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I believe Grace is listed as just Stamile. Maybe @Char knows.
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Jan 3, 2016 9:22 PM CST
Name: Maurice
Grey Highlands, Ontario (Zone 5a)
Stamile is Pat Stamile; Stamile-G is Grace Stamile, according to the hybridizer list file name on the AHS portal website.
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Jan 3, 2016 9:34 PM CST
Name: Theresa Maris
Bowling Green,KY (Zone 6b)
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Baby Blues is a wonderful little mini Daylily. Performance is excellent in zone 6b and it multiplies quickly. Some days the color is lighter than others but it always opens perfectly, never an ugly bloom. Baby Blues is perfect for the front of a flowerbed.
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Jan 3, 2016 9:35 PM CST
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Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Daylilies Hummingbirder Butterflies Seed Starter Container Gardener
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Birds Ponds
Thanks, Donald and Maurice! I appreciated it! Thank You! Thank You!

I will edited the introduction post on this cultivar thread to reflect the hybridizer's name and info.
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Jan 3, 2016 10:44 PM CST
Name: Sue Petruske
Wisconsin (Zone 5a)
Beautiful picture Theresa Thumbs up
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Jan 4, 2016 6:30 AM CST
Name: Cynthia (Cindy)
Melvindale, Mi (Zone 5b)
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I love Baby Blues. I have had it for 8 years. It is a slow grower in my climate and last summer I finally had a very nice clump. I wish it were a bit taller myself but I will still keep it. It does not set pods for me but its pollen is fertile.


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Jan 4, 2016 5:07 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Daylilies Hummingbirder Butterflies Seed Starter Container Gardener
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Birds Ponds
MAINIAC - would love to see an evaluation by you for this daylily cultivar to go along with your lovely photo. I give an acorn for evaluations.
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Jan 5, 2016 4:58 AM CST
Name: Sandi
Franklin, WI (Zone 5a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Daylilies
I've grown Baby Blues for several years. It does well in my zone 5 and grows at an average rate here. It bounces back nicely when divided and it's a cute little thing to grow towards the front of the border. I can't find record that I've ever used it for hybridizing but maybe I should since the AHS database shows 36 registered children Rolling my eyes.
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Jan 15, 2016 11:42 PM CST
Name: Lin Jarvis
Peterborough, ON, CANADA (Zone 5a)
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The markings this past season were not great but it is a beautiful specimen.
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Jan 30, 2018 8:33 AM CST
Name: Valerie
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4a)
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I planted Baby Blues two years ago. It took a year to settle in, but bloomed very well its second season. It is a beautiful little mini and the blooms were always perfect. It has clumped up well, and I was successful at setting a pod on it and harvested 8 seeds. I am in the process of starting them now.
Edited, June 2018
Five healthy seedlings were produced from the 8 seeds and have been planted out in the seedling bed and growing well.
Edited, July 2018
I should add that I put the pollen on the stigma the afternoon before the bloom opened. This cultivar seems to have the pistil extend from the bud the day before it opens.
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Jan 31, 2018 10:49 PM CST
just south of Winnipeg, Manito (Zone 3a)
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I have grown this nice little plant for several years up here in Zone 2-3. As well as in a hot, dry, unsheltered location. It is always healthy, foliage is good. Flowers are always nice, but could use a few more...
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