Tina - Yes, I agree ... over-watering them could cause crown rot. I am wondering how they may do during the rainy season in the shade this year. Hopefully I won't lose any to crown rot.
Glen - Thanks for the observations of growth in your shade garden. I am okay if they don't produce as many fans as they would in full sun or get as tall. I have a lot of them crammed together in the different raised garden beds and it is a chore to divide them. I'd love not to have to divide them every other year here.
What I hope for are nice, colorful blooms, healthy fans, and hopefully reblooming daylilies. This will be a good experiment. I think my main concern is just being careful about the watering. Don't want to kill them from crown rot.
I am also looking to see which ones are showing a resistance to rust. Eventually I hope to "weed" out the rust bucket plants and just grow and hybridize from the resistant daylilies. I love hybridizing to see what I can produce by mixing up the gene pool ... with a purpose.
