I truly love my daylilies. I've been growing them since 1974 (I found pics from Denver (that's where I grew up) with a bright yellow daylily in them. I left there in 1984.) Anyway, moved to Atlanta in 1990. Planted mostly dormants because I loved their colors. They flourished after I added a lot of stuff to the clay. To this day, I blame that clay for my carpel tunnel problems. I'm sure its true. I traveled on business 3 out of 4 weeks. When I was home, I gardened like an idiot. A neighbor tried to help, but I was determined. We stayed there 9 years and the daylilies looked amazing. Lovely! When we sold I gave the new ladies my card file for the garden plants. Lots and lots of them.
Since I can't trust hybridizers descriptions that don't detail the plants heritage, what chance do I have of growing evergreen daylilies? Sometime it works, and other times it doesn't. I have a friend who really profits from this because she is further north. Watching dormants decline isn't my idea of fun. Unfortunately it happens, and I like the plant, but it really doesn't thrive. I've talked myself into this and it isn't healthy!!!!! Not for someone who loves daylilies. I actually envy those of you who live further north who can grow stuff that doesn't grow here. I just can't move off the beach. I love it here! I can't move to grow a greater selection of daylilies, although my husband thinks that I might. No. After 40 yr of marriage, that isn't going to happen.
