Orange Daylily like Flowers along Northeast Roadside?

[RedSun]

I drove from NJ through NY, Vermont to Canada. I saw a lot of naturalized orange daylily like flowers along the way at private property and many other places. Are those orange daylily? Or some tiger lily?

I grow some orange daylily. But deer always takes it out before it fully blooms. But those flowers along the highway seem not disturbed by animal. So not sure if they are of the same type as mine.

Sorry no photos. But they are so common.

[jcguarneri]

Yes, those are day lilies. They’ve escaped cultivation very thoroughly, and are abundant enough to withstand some deer pressure.

[mamuang]

You may want to read this thread. In New England, people usually call them Tiger lilies but different regions call them differently.

Best call them with their botanical name,

In search of orange day lilies

I know this isn’t really what you’re looking for, but this post keeps getting bumped back up so I am too tempted to share. I’ve been growing and evaluating hybrid daylily seedlings. Many of them go to the compost, but this orange one has been a favorite so I’ve decided to keep it. The flower petals actually taste like thin slices of carrot. I love it! [20230709_183510]

[RedSun]

I remember some discussion of this. I believe those are the orange daylily. Not tiger lily.

I also grow two types of yellow daylily. They somehow stay with weeds since deer munch them year over year. But they are still alive.

[danzeb]

Two completely different plants are called Tiger Lilies, Lilium lancifolium (an Asian Lily) and Hemerocallis fulva (a Daylily).
:Lilium lancifolium:

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Hemerocallis Fulva:

[mamuang]

Hemerocallis Fulva is what is grown all over the place in New England.

[JohannsGarden]

The most common clones of H. fulva are triploids and nearly sterile. It is a common misconception that they have escaped cultivation and moved into the wild. In reality they simply persist amazingly well where planted and so will far outlive the homes and gardens where they were planted which makes it look like they got into wild areas when in fact that is rarely the case.

[smsmith]

I have no idea about the northeast, but here in central MN the wild Michigan lilies are blooming now. Lilium michiganense (Michigan Lily): Minnesota Wildflowers

[RedSun]

I believe it is the Hemerocallis Fulva type. That is also what I grow in my yard.

Not sure why deer leaves those alone and like the ones in my yard. I see some in NJ too. Even the yellow daylily at our local shipping center.

[steveb4]

here in Maine also.

[LarryGene]

I would like to know who originated the common name “Tiger Lily” and why they did not know the difference between a striped tiger and a spotted leopard: Leopard Lily.

[GeorgiaGent]

We have h. Fula all over the roadsides here in north Georgia. They are nicknamed “ditch lilies” here