Maybe I should ask to have this split off as a separate thread, but don't know how to do that myself
'Plants that do well planted among daylilies'
Went out after the rain (thank goodness for rain!) and took a little better picture of the wormwood. It keeps it's foliage in the winter here in my zone 8a.
And remembered another annual (sometimes can survive if winter is not too cold) that I like to use: bat face Cuphea
The last one...a tall red cockscomb (celosia). It's the heirloom variety, not the one that is for sale at garden centers. Definitely an annual here. Deadhead plant before fall when it drops its seeds or remove entire plant, hang it upside down and use for dried flower arrangements.