Here is the bud

Daylily

Will flowers come up? How come some leaves are brown and yellow?

Daylilies typically have old foliage that turns brown at the base of the plant. The buds are there so you will have to wait. They are probably the tall orange variety that is very common.

Yes, you'll have flowers soon. Your yard looks very wet.
It may be rotting the roots which leads to leaves dropping.

You're absolutely right. Drainage is terrible here! What can I do?

Installing french drains is the usual remedy. Some folks would opt for a Bog-garden and not fight nature. Your call really.

Here is a link that might be useful: Bog-gardening

This post was edited by saltcedar on Mon, Jun 24, 13 at 15:35

Not enough info to go on to advise from just "drainage is terrible." Are you in a housing development? Clay? Do you have a basement? The first step would be to make sure the land slopes away from the house. Are the downspouts from the gutters properly placed and working efficiently? Adding organic matter to your soil will help immensely once you are sure the grade is sufficient. You wouldn't want to assist water in soaking deeply adjacent to a basement wall.

Yes I have a basement. There were some drainage pipes installed years back but they don't look like they are working. I live in New Jersey. Land slopes away from house

day lily comes in a bazillion colors.. though there are a few old standards..

in flower.. you MIGHT get a name in the day lily forum ...

my DL are browned from early frost/freeze

the supposition that you have water problems.. is just that ...

wait until august.. and then decide if you have water issues ....

DL is a full blistering sun plant... plus drought.. lol ... shade might be a bigger problem than wet .... but who knows...

ken

Salt, I'm curious as to how you concluded that the yard is wet. Everything seems green and healthy and it looks like any garden here.

mommomsgarden - a few dead leaves are normal on plants. Leaves don't live for ever in a static state. They grow and then fade and die. It doesn't mean there's anything wrong with them. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To me that is not a mess - it is a lush green bed of healthy foliage.

Thank you for the compliment! Yes it is green but you should see it when it rains! Directly in front of my veggie garden creates a huge pool of water when it rains and it stays for hours. The drainage is terrible but the hostas seem to survive ANYTHING! The only reason my veggies are doing well are because they are man made beds. Except the blueberry bush! They seem hard to grow...blueberry bushes

Thank you for the compliment! Yes it is green but you should see it when it rains! Directly in front of my veggie garden creates a huge pool of water when it rains and it stays for hours. The drainage is terrible but the hostas seem to survive ANYTHING! The only reason my veggies are doing well are because they are man made beds. Except the blueberry bush! They seem hard to grow...blueberry bushes

Yes, I don't see any kind of drainage that needs to be fixed from these pics. Water should flow down the more-than-slight slope well. Some type of border may be necessary to keep mulch from flowing away, if you are considering mulching.

Don't know if you've asked about them separately or not, but in the top pic are 2 baby trees you probably don't want there, looks like an oak and - a maple or another mulberry?

If you are still concerned, and/or just want to improve things, I would encourage you to browse some of the discussions in the soil/mulch forum, to get a handle on the basics of making soil more healthy and fertile by adding organic matter and using some type of organic mulch, which also leads to increased drainage and decreases the need for supplemental watering and fertilizers.

I don't see trees but definitely don't want them there! I have to go in and pull weeds. Only problem is that I don't know what is a weed and what's not!

I don't see trees but definitely don't want them there! I have to go in and pull weeds. Only problem is that I don't know what is a weed and what's not!

What kind of border and where exactly would you put it?

Number one looks like an oak, the other I'm not sure what it is, if it's a different plant, but pretty sure you don't want it (them) there.

A border could be landscape timbers, bricks, a wide variety of edging materials, whatever you'd like to look at that you can obtain for free or an amount of money that's OK with you. Gives you something to weed-wack against, prevents grass from creeping into flower bed areas. Some people like to have a border that's low and smooth enough to drive the mower wheels on. Just make sure to aim the chute into the lawn, not into beds.

Others re-dig a trench annually, as an option to installing a border, if they have the type of grass (and mulch on the other side) that will remain in bounds with that treatment.

You get to decide how you want to do it, what works, in your yard.