Viewing post #945317 by beckygardener

I, too, am a daylily addict ... er ... daylily "collector"! There! I said it.

Thank goodness I can't grow Irises here!

It is a crazy obsession. I don't get it? But I have to have more! Is this what a true addiction is?

Yes! We need to start a Hemerocallis Anonymous here on ATP .....

Nah. Then what would I collect????

Well, I look at it this way .... most of what I have been getting is free or relatively cheap. So I am saving money (I don't have) vs. if I had a more expensive addiction. It is keeping me healthy .... I am outside doing physical labor to plant all these plants. They make me smile and forget all my troubles when I look at all those beautiful blooming daylily faces, so no mood-altering drugs are necessary. They help keep my mind sharp ... thinking of which daylilies I can cross with each other and where can I create a new raised bed. They are a nice distraction when I've had a totally horrible day at work ... I just think of my "happy" place (my yard full of blooming daylilies) and the world is bright and sunny again.

BUT .... I am still suspicious .... is there something "in" daylilies that is addicting? Something oozing out of their green pores that I can't live without? There must be. When you have a small yard with more daylilies than you can count .... something is certainly peculiar about having the need to add more and finding it difficult to part with any. When any empty space in the yard gets eyed with possibilities ....well ... y'all know what I am talking about.

So? I guess that makes me hopelessly out-of-control. Well, almost. I still have a tiny speck of self-control left. Oh wait! That isn't self-control .... that is an empty wallet. Thank goodness I am not rich! Or better yet, if I was ... there would be no more left to buy! Then what would I do?

Yeah. I'm a goner. But I DO have a smile on my face!