There are some plants that no flower garden should be without. As far as I’m concerned, the daylily is at the top of the list. This is a flower that comes in a HUGE variety of shades, colors, forms, and sizes. It is drought tolerant, disease and deer resistant, and easy to grow. In many ways, the daylily is the perfect perennial.

I received my first daylilies when I joined my local gardening club. I was blessed with about twenty different types of flowers. There were red ones, yellow ones, orange ones, and even a pale green one. I set them aside and planned on planting them in a few days. A few days soon became a few weeks. When I finally got around to planting them, they had already rooted themselves where they were sitting.

Over the years, my daylily collection has expanded to about 200 different types of flowers. This last year, I found out just how drought tolerant they are when our area went for about six months without rain. Some of the gardeners I know took the time to water their plants. I have a house full of kids and a full time job. Around here, only the strong survive. Not only did the plants survive, but they put us some very pretty blooms.

If you want a plant that is easy to maintain and will give you months of color then you need to take a look at the daylily.