blue23rose said:Great pictures of the ditch lilies, Rita! They look beautiful like that. I just started a row along a fence this year and they are already doing well. It won't be long before they are filled in and I look forward to next years blooms. Not looking forward to trying to control them, but they are worth the fight 
The 'fight' really is not that bad if you keep up with them. Just keep knocking down/pulling out any that try to start growing where they should not. I have seen them put a shoot out a full 2 feet away from the next nearest fan. But they are easy enough to spot and I just dig under em a bit and pull it out, trying to get as much of the rhizome that strayed as possible. If they are in softer ground such as a mulched bed it is even easier as the rhizome seems to like going through the softer mulch layer near the top rather than the more compacted dirt below making it easier to yank out.
My patch of them contains around 100-120 fans and I've never had any trouble keeping them in their place.
