When were tiger lily’s “lilium tigrinum” changed to “lilium lancefolium”? It was the only flower that I had heard of that had “tiger lily” as a common name in my lifetime.
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Those look like asiatic hybrids with orientals. Judith Freeman at The Lily Garden pioneered a lot of those. Tiger lily of the common name several generations ago was 4’ to 6’ tall, small black bulbils at the base of the leaves, a Typhoid Mary, usually virus infected. You were warned by old gardeners not to plant other true lily’s near it. In itself, was tough enough to thrive unattended on abandoned KS homesteads indefinitely!https://www.thelilygarden.com/
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There was an older name in use, and when they were determined to be the same plant, the older name automatically became the official one. I suspect you will still find ‘tigrinum’ in a lot of places, and given translation and AI trends, it may be the useful way of separating out hits for that specific plant.
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Clark, I have 2 older tough and carefree ones I could send you some root clumps. One has alternating petal colors of yellow and rusty fox brown, ‘Frans Hals’, from about 1954; the other is ‘Eenie Weenie’, a pure yellow reblooming dwarf that makes a good border plant.
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Deer eat any day lilies, oriental lilies, or tiger lilies I plant unless I fence them with electric wire, etc. They eat the leaves, and if the plants make it that far, the buds and blossoms.
I thought ‘invasive’ only applied to non-native species??
Anyhow…I’m not shipping any…but have several clumps I’ll give to anyone coming to pick them up.
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if mine in a similar planting situation do take off, I’ll send you some next summer. I asked friends and one was doing invasive removal in a forest area adjoining a highway where these took over- they sent me a huge box FULL. I’ve planted in two devil strips with them now.
they are beginning to stand up with some green leaves. I watered once when I put them in but will otherwise ignore them. I didn’t do anything but pull and whack some of the tall weeds before cutting holes and plunking the tubers in the dirt. it’s terrible dirt, hard as rock, salted in winter. nothing grows there but skeleton rush weed and some scraggly quack grass, both of which die in the summer. I’m hoping the ditch lilies take over.
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I actually passed few wild patches today. But I am not sure who’s lend it is and don’t want to get in trouble 
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I would look in the literal ditches. along the road, outside any fences. secondary highways. I got lucky because I know people who fight invasives, and who were willing to send me the plants they were destroying
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No idea about other locations, but in much of central MN landowners own (and pay taxes) to the center of township roads. I have lillies (and other flowers) growing in the right of way. My wife and I planted them there. If somebody were to come by and dig them up, it would constitute theft in my mind.
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@anon89542713
Saw this while walking around downtown Portland, ME. They are on a strip on the side of a gravel parking lot.
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When I needed a lot of daylilies, I ordered 100 from Smokey’s from their lost tag specials. Only about $2 each that way. Assorted & Stella De Oro Daylily Lots. I was very happy with what they sent; lots of variety.
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That is an option. What I am not sure about is if hybrids are the same tough as ditch lilies. Are they?
I’ve never grown the ones you are talking about, but the hybrids are very tough.
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Most of the hybrid daylilies have been selected for a less spreading growth habit.
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That may be not that bad. If I really buy a lot of 100, I can plant them close enough to cover the strip, but also incorporate other plants and not to be afraid that ditch lilies just smother them up.
Hi Galina! I’m new here so not sure how to find out where you are… I’m in 7b country, but I have a strange color of daylilly. Some say it’s because this area has blue clay soil. 
But others have taken bulbs and have gotten the same color. Each year they come back with a little different shade. This year, they are more of a salmon color versus the true orange. Some years they are more coral. But never a true yellow or orange. One year they actually had lavender under tones!!!
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