I don't have many Reckamp daylilies, however Little Rainbow is one that I have had for many years. For me it has grown well with very little extra care. Probably 5 or 6 years ago I had moved and divided it to another location and now have some smaller clumps of maybe 7 to 10 fans each. All but a small area of my daylilies grow in total sun all day long. We have approx. 10 acres of open land along with 15 acres of woods/with swamp and a small creek. We haven't planted any trees on our property as of yet but we live down a dirt road so our property is outlined in trees. The soil here is terrible! I don't think I have ever experienced such poor soil in my life. For the most part though the daylilies do pretty good...I do have exceptions though and have learned over the course of years to be careful what I want to add.