I don't see any pieces of crown on many of these roots; some may have a remnant of a crown, but most appear not to. Daylilies require a crown segment in order to grow. The picture is of the common ditch lily.

What bboy said. And that white blooming stuff below the Asiatic Hybrid lilies is Gooseneck Loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides). It can take over a garden. I'm guessing you've just moved into a new place and are familiarizing yourself with what's in the yard. Just wanted to give you a heads up about this plant in particular so you wouldn't transplant chunks of it around. You'd probably regret it.

Laurie, somehow, I just can't see your DH being thrilled to get daylilies for Christmas, even if you do plant them for him. Maybe a tool or two or hockey tickets instead. :) Although he does seem to be happy with how the yard is turning out (daylilies, irises, etc and all) when I have been to the yard on Westman Gardeners tours. I suggested to my DH that I would give him daylilies for Christmas and he came back with the idea that he would then give me a hunting trip...then we could exchange after Christmas. The only thing he stipulated was that the value of the daylily gift had to be $25 while the hunting package would be $2500. I don't really think that would be fair. I also don't think he has any idea of the cost of daylilies either. Brenda

shrav - there's a good chance that your tigers are not infected. As I understand, not all are, however as they say, "YMMV" (your mileage may vary), mainly because the tigers will show no symptoms of any disease. The virus that they can carry can cause color break in tulips and if I recall correctly, can be transmitted via insects - eg., aphids. The plant you bought is a bit early in its bloom - but then that tends to happen if you buy them already potted and blooming. Once the main stem comes up it will hit a certain height and produce a certain number of flowers running along that stem, and then that's it for the season. You would then leave the stem and its foliage in place the rest of the summer as this is what will "feed" the bulb. Once the stem turns brown and can almost be snapped off manually with the lightest of tugs, you can remove that dead stem and discard. But you want to try to hold onto that stem and foliage as long as possible as this will help increase the size of the bulb.