I like them too, I’ve seen them in gardens with arborvitaes, hydrangea paniculatas, and though the combination very pretty!

That's a great picture. I've really admired the big sweeps of either orange or yellow daylilies I've seen in a town near us. They do look spectacular when massed. I have a triple orange ditch lily that multiplies like crazy. It's pretty but really takes over, and mine isn't situated where I have a really big sweep of them.

I wish daylily were a weed where I'm from. You are fortunate, indeed!

I like them also, and am actually thinking of planting some near a utility pole at the end of my driveway. I see them everywhere near me and they look so cheerful! My grandma used to have them in her garden and they always remind me of her. :-)

they are so self-reliant and don`t need any babying, that`s what I like about themapart from the simple elegant flowers

IMO they look good only in larger groups

and as they need some space you shouldnt stick them into a tiny border

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a guy from my perennial club came out as a keeper of ditch lilies in his garden which definetely raised some eye brows

but among his "passion plants" are several trees and conifers so I guess he is into no frills, large etc as well . ;-)

These beauties are at my dogs’ vet’s office, so cheerful!

I'm very fond of orange daylilies. I much prefer them over yellow :-) And while ditch lilies, Hemerocallis fulva, are not common in my area, orange hybrid daylilies are.

There is a similar scene going on down the street from me, however the plant in question is California poppy, Escholzia californica. That bright blaze of tangerine orange is visible from a good distance and is so striking!!

IMO, orange is highly underused in the garden. One of my favorite colors!

I love them, too. I have one large clump out front at a corner next to our neighbor's fence. They make me smile and cause me no headaches! Queen Anne's lace is one of my absolute favorites, but I don't have any.

I think they’re great too. I see them growing abundantly in yards and roadsides all around us so I assumed that deer ignored them. But the deer in my yard like them. 97% of the buds on the patch I have (which had finally recovered from a dose of roundup I applied years ago thinking they were weeds) were eaten just before they were ready to bloom. So disappointing! I was really looking forward to finally seeing them brighten up a spot that’s a sea of green.

I love driving the roads up at camp. In the spring its the various purple shades of Dame's rockets growing wild along the roads then when they are done then it is the wild ditch lilies, rhododendrons , daisies and buttercups. I seen this week the queens anns lace are just starting. One house has mass plantings of ditch lilies with hostas in front on both sides of the road. So pretty. What I like is you can nuke them and they will still grow and bloom. Yes I have ditch lilies in my yard at home and camp.

Oh I am so happy to see all these posts! I really did think I was the only person who really loved these! Lovemycorgi thanks for posting that pic. As I have driven around town I've noticed several areas that I thought about stopping to photograph but it seems they are all on roads that have no sidewalks, are narrow or have no place to pull over, or have people driving at high speeds - and often all of the above lol! Not sure I want to risk life and limb and car for a pic of daylilies haha!

Sandy it's funny you mention deer. Deer LOVE my other dayllies, usually waiting till jussst before they bloom to nip the entire plant. I was outside just yesterday actually, thinking how I should reapply repellent on those big fat buds, but we had rain in the forecast so I held off till today. But now that I think of it, they have never touched my clump of h. fulva. I wonder if they don't normally bother h. fulva, or if it's because mine is not on their usual "path" through my yard....?

Gardengal, re your comments on orange in the garden. I used to absolutely hate orange. I thought it was too brash, flashy.... idk, almost too vulgar lol. And then I grew some tithonia from seed (and i don't even know WHY I grew it, since I didn't like orange... maybe I saw it in a friend's garden or something?) Ever since then I've added orange in. Admittedly it's confined to a bed in one corner of my yard where I grow red, yellow and orange plants, but I am starting to incorporate it more in other areas. When I was selling bouquets I was cutting flowers one morning and by sheer chance put some orange zinnias in the bucket next to some hot pink ones and loved it, so I am opening myself to more orange in planning things.

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Dee

Love these too and they make any country drive a happy one this time of year!

I love ditch lilies. To me they are synonymous with summertime!

Wellllll, grab a shovel and come visit me. I can give you a lifetime supply of those things. They are invasive. When the earth explodes and survivors look for remnants of life, they will find the ditch lily, proudly standing among rubble and ash. You can't dig them up, they laugh at roundup, and with cardboard covering and mulch, they snuggle together, giggling, and making babies that they put in fun places where they were never planted. Ditch lillies are the bane of my garden existence...........

Yeah, mzdee, I get it. I know not everyone has the same experience with them (or any plant) and I realize not everyone likes them. Honestly that's why I was so surprised to get so many positive responses here! I have similar issues with sassafras. Nothing will get rid of it, it pops up everywhere, has roots down to the center of the world... Not fun at all.

Luckily for me I have room for ditch lilies on my property, and can also enjoy them in the area where I live. I understand not everyone feels the same way!

:)

Dee