I have yellow wood sorrel growing in my daylily pots. Is it safe for daylilies or should I remove it if I can. It won't kill my daylilies, will it??? By the way the bees love it, so that's why I am torn about what to do with it.

I would consider it an invasive plant here, but it may be well behaved where you live. Check and see what people in your area say about it.

Ditto what Larry said. It will compete for nutrients and is considered a weed. Personally I would get rid of it......Maryl

When I was a kid we used to eat this plant and we always called it rabbit grass because we would see rabbits eating it. But I just read that it is really too high in oxalic acid for rabbits. I've always liked the taste and it does have some nutritional value. However, it does spread by thin rhizomes and will take nutrients from your daylily.

Wildflowers, in general, belong in the wild...if you have a wooded or meadow edge on your property and you would like to retain the plant, put it somewhere 'not' in your garden(s).

Common Wood Sorrel is a member of the Oxalis family, many varieties of which are also kept as houseplants (I have a lovely purple variety that I have grown for years, solely for its beauty).

https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildfl...

But mixing wildflowers with garden flowers is often a choice you will regret in years to come, when the wildflower begins to spread throughout your garden and becomes a nuisance.

There are many better companions for daylilies that grow well together and add texture and lovely contrast... My personal favourites are coneflowers (echinacea), Black-eyed Susan (rudbeckia) and irises. I also love the contrast with baptisia or liatris.

Additional choices: campanula (bellflowers), Russian sage, salvia, foxglove, coreopsis, heliopsis, helenium, Shasta daisies, lupines, Lamb's ears, Artemisia, and so on... for more shaded areas, hosta, heuchera, ferns... And many annuals as well.

Choosing other 'garden' plants for daylily companions gives you a wide selection of plants which are far more likely to behave in the garden, as well as broad opportunities to create the look you want. Adding wildflowers, nearly always, leads to years of trying to remove 'it' again.