Angie, I doubt any daylily could look great next to that beautiful hydrangia!
I have never been a fan of eyes. I think out of the approx. 100 I kept in my garden from the thousands I have grown in the last 20 years... there are only two eyes. Mary Ethel Anderson and Cherry Burst.
That said, I remember seeing Beyond the Mask in another garden and it didn't look much better than yours.
And, you are practically in the south, so that can't be it.