My name is Diane Porter, and I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. We are a Zone 5 area here, so I like pretty hardy plants. Daylilies (Hemerocallis, Zones 4–9 for most cultivars) fit my garden perfectly. I have always enjoyed gardening and  actually worked at a local garden center for a few seasons. The gardening bug hit hard!

As for my daylilies, they were almost all a rescue mission. We had discovered that a daylily farm we frequented to buy their plants was closing. The owner was kind enough to offer us a rare chance to “dig up and take home” from one of his fields for free. We gave 29 daylilies a new home. I don’t know the names of most of them, but I love the show they put on; it’s amazing.

An ideal day for me would be setting up my watercolor paints beside the lily beds and painting.

I love all the shades of pink mingling together in this patch of daylilies.

A color echo from a soft yellow daylily and a black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta, Zones 3–8)

Daylilies come in nearly every color except blue, and this intense red is particularly nice.

Some daylilies are so dark they are almost black. Sometimes these superdark flowers are best planted in light shade, especially in hot climates, as many of them will burn in intense sun.

It isn’t all daylilies in this garden. Here’s a view of some of the rest of the space, with phlox (Phlox paniculata, Zones 5–8), liatris (Liatris spicata, Zones 3–9), and Adam’s needle (Yucca filamentosa, Zones 4–10) all showing off with flowers.

Adam’s needle can reach up over 6 feet tall.

Modern daylily breeding has expanded the color range and complexity of color patterns. This one has a beautiful dark eye.

Individual daylily blooms are beautiful, but daylilies really make an impact in the garden when they flower heavily, like this, making big masses of color.

This is just a stunning daylily—beautiful rich purple color and incredible patterning.

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