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blue23rose said:I wonder what causes an addiction to daylilies? Is it because there are just so darn many thousands of named cultivars? I can't figure out why I am addicted to daylilies instead of, oh, let's say roses. Or hostas, irises, or azaleas, or sempervivum. There are a lot of named cultivars of all of those.

And there are all kinds of other societies to belong to so it can't be because of just 'belonging' to a club. Coming home from a daylily club meeting with a couple more to plant just fuels the fire and the burning desire for next spring to arrive quickly so I can see them in bloom. But alas, every time the bloom season ends, and for me it is relatively short (like less than 12 weeks), I wonder why I wait so long for such a short time of joy.

Just Saturday, I dug out another patch of grass so I could add "just a few" more daylilies, sprayed the edge with roundup so the grass doesn't get too close to my new row, and hope that my husband doesn't notice until he mows lawn again, which will be in a few days, that he just lost another bit of real estate to some more daylilies.

Addiction? Guaranteed.

Yesterday I was wondering the same thing. And how I could curb my addiction. Only solution for me is to force myself to look at the sad plants still in pots needing TLC. But need positive reinforcement too. The ones given a little TLC look so nice that it motivates me to take more care of what I have. I can easily imagine losing some in the heat here, so I mustn't get more till they r safe. Sadly for me I am waiting for some to bloom so I can see what I lost in the move here and to thieves. I will replace MOKAN BUTTERFLY if it doesn't show up. I love how white it was and the beautiful pattern. Others picked it as their favourite from my early photos.