Don't give up.There are many beautiful pinks.A ton of them are named in the link below.
Betsy

Here is a link that might be useful: Are There Any True Pinks

I think for you, it is time to stop buying daylilies by pictures and visit actual gardens. There you will see true color. No amount of fertilizer is going to change a color. Sorry.

Daylilies have their own unique colors. Their color is made up from multiple layers of pigments and depending on light and time of day, will be different colors.
Instead of trying to match colors, try complimentary colors. Like maybe a cream or pale yellow daylily with your pink roses and geraniums. You'll be happier, I promise.
Ed

I agree with carmen grower - go to a daylily garden and look at their pinks. I'm not sure where in NC you are, but if you can go to Marrietta Garden (just south/east of Lumberton) you can see quite a few pinks and you can't go wrong with their prices.
Renee

Test your soil to see what micro minerals your soil is missing. I have to add Epsom Salts for certain colored flowers to look like their photos here in Lakeland where I have very sandy soil.

Were they box store bought? That might be why they are different colors than they are supposed to be. Before I knew about tissue culture daylilies I bought my chorus line from there and this is the 1st year they are more pink than they were, this is the 3rd year in the ground.
Jill

would some one please tell me what is meant by tissue culture?

Jean

Jean,
One takes tissue from a daylily that they want to duplicate. The tissue is cultured in a laboratory and eventually turned into small plantlets. Depending on who does the culture and the amount of care taken, the resulting plants will be essentially the same as the original plant. If the culture is sloppy, the resulting plants may not be very close to the original.
If done correctly, it is a quick way to turn one plant into thousands of duplicate plants. Plant mass production essentially.
Ed

Thank you Ed for the info.I didn't have the slighest idea what that meant when they talked of Tissue Culture.I assumed that the plants you buy is a division of big clumps.Live and learn,huh. Thanks,

Jean

Wow, thanks for all the replies and encouragement. I have printed off the list of pinks, which look lovely. I'm afraid my gardens are self-restricted to pink and white flowers--the toughest daylily colors from what I am reading. I will also try the Epsom salts. I didn't know there were just daylily gardens, so that's exciting. Also, yup, these daylilies are all from Home Depot.

You can find all different sellers of daylilies by going to the website of the American Hemerocallis Society, the governing body of the daylily world. Click On daylily Sources.
Then click on your state in the map on the next page. You can also find sellers on the Lily Auction that every one talks about on here.

Here is a link that might be useful: American Hemerocallis Society

Odyssey: You might check out some of the daylily growers...there is SO much to look at! I really like Homestead Farms for reasonable prices.

I noticed my first year that all the daylilies I ordered thinking they were pink were a rather washed out color...I wanted PINK. This morning I posted some pics of a few pinks for my garden. See if these pinks are closer...

Here is a link that might be useful: Thursday's Blooms

Here's a suggestion...Look for DL's that are described as "rose/orchid" in color. Absolute Treasure and Catherine Woodbery are two that come to mind. These may be more to your liking.
Kathy

That's a good suggestion Kathy! When I was first buying daylilies I was also very disappointed to find that my pink daylilies were turning out to be peach. To find older daylilies that don't look peach, look for ones that are described as lavender, or even blue lavender. I think that some of the newer, more expensive pink daylilies are actually pink. But the best thing is to actually see them in person. If you can't do that, search for as many photos as you can find - HortiPlex, Dave's Garden and Tinker's Database have a lot.

Juliet

what you have is most likely tc. ask the people you got them from where thay got them from and next time buy from new area but not tc as thay do not breed true .