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Deep orange colored lily grows wild
Suburbia, roadside, usually along ditches, soil varies from solid clay to rich deep dark soil, loves moisture
Spotted on Jun 7, 2011
Submitted on Jun 20, 2011
9 Comments
I know what you mean. I can't get a lily of any kind to grow in my garden :-/ but they grow like crazy by the old highway...lol
Wish they'd grow wild in my garden! I pay good money for them and then the moles dine on them.
we grew up calling them orange daylilies, tiger lilies, or ditch lilies
It seems to happen sometimes for no apparent reason :p Anyway, you are not alone in calling them tiger lilies: check this website http://www.gardenersnet.com/bulbs/tigerl... I'd still stick with "daylily"; the tiger lilies I've known are much more "tiger" colored and have a different stem/leaf conformation.
don't know why that posted so many times sorry
thank you for the correction ladies. I've always called them tiger lilies because my grandmother called them tiger lilies.
No, this is not called Tiger lily in the East either, but many people seem to think so. It is Day Lily East or West.
this is a wild one. they grow wild along roadsides in this area. and yes you're right gardeners call them daylilies :-)
I realize that the wild version of this in the east is called tiger lily, but it seems most commonly known to gardeners as a daylily. The wild tiger lily we have on the west coast is much smaller, a brighter orange, covered with black spots, and sprouts from a slender upright stem.