I only started growing daylilies (from seed originally) about 5 years ago. My yard is definitely a mish-mash of everything. I actually garden for butterflies and hummingbirds. I grow a lot of host and nectar plants. That is what most of my garden plants are. The daylilies are in their own raised beds (5 beds) or in the front yard border. It's taken me 11 years to get to this point where I can honestly say my yard is now a real wildlife habitat. I host hummingbirds and Painted Buntings in the Winter months. I have bird banders who come out periodically to capture and band the birds in my yard. That is my primary Winter gardening. I grow a lot of nectar plants (for the birds) that bloom in the Winter here in Florida.
I grow a lot of tropicals, too. My newest kick besides daylilies is succulent plants and miniature gardening. I have enjoyed creating several Fairy Gardens. And I am getting into garden art. Mainly signs and quirky things. And of course, there is my vertical herb garden. My yard is very eclectic. My biggest challenge is getting it all to flow together. That seems to elude me. So I create garden rooms. That way, each "room" can be different and doesn't necessarily need to match the other rooms. People come to my yard and are speechless. I think they don't know what to make of it. It scares the heck out of them. But after they've been to my yard several times, they start to actually like it. It is the oddest thing to see. My neighbors think I am crazy! Maybe I am. I just like gardening. I like plants. I love wildlife.
And .... I have a lot of stress in my life, so gardening is my therapy. Which is why I have so many plants in my yard. My family knows to always get me gift cards to my local garden centers or local plant nurseries. I buy orphan plants for dirt cheap. (Like I did today!) So I am often adding something new. My yard is totally bizarre. It really is. There aren't too many "regular" non-gardening people who see it and like it. You have to be a wildlife gardener to really appreciate my yard. I think that is the key. Wildlife gardener with eclectic taste is the best word I can use to describe my yard. Eclectic!!!
So, I bet you are sorry you asked.
