New England has an interesting collection of daylilies that came to America in the 1600s and have been growing ever since. To us, they present challenges because everyone wants to know “a name” but after 400 years there are many new daylilies, often with minor differences that make naming impossible. A.B Stout and others who worked with early daylilies used the general term “Double flowered” although now we have H. flore pleno and Europa and Kwanso (and many more) as examples of named daylily blooms but there are others that are not doubles. The orange daylilies are commonly known as “ditch lilies” because they grow alongside roads. There are the H. fulvas known as Tawny daylilies but even the “ditch daylilies” come in singles and doubles, and sometimes as with Kwanso some are variegated,  and sometimes some seem to change from year to year right in front of us. There are also single yellow variations. I have been trying for years to get a better handle on a 42″ tall yellow given to me by a couple who found it at a home they bought in 1952. It’s a beauty, tall, 6″ flower, waves in the wind, single, nocturnal and lemon-scented …but…I have no idea of the actual heritage. People try to tell me it’s Hyperion but it is not as it blooms at a different time and is an entirely different sized plant. We sell the various orange daylilies in large pots or clumps for $21. We take no responsibility for what they grow into or how they spread.