Day Lilies Sparkle in a Landscape

What perennial is more versatile, more adaptable than the hemerocallis or day-lily? It thrives in either open shade or brilliant sun, acid soil or alkaline and, in some cases, even survives considerable drought. With practically no care at all, day-lilies grow luxuriantly. Until about 75 years ago the only day-lilies present in America were the yellow and orange species, originally natives of the Orient and brought to America by the early colonists. But since 1930, when a pink-flowered species