Marg, I grow a lot of my daylilies in dappled shade. I can say for certain that it lowers budcount and reduces branching. It also helps protect their color and keeps them from fading. They also require less water in partial shade. And it is easier to set seed pods when a DL is grown in part shade. Try a couple and see how they perform. You can always move it if it doesn't do well. Please note that we are talking about bright, dappled shade as in under a tree...not solid shade from a house/shed/etc. The more shade a daylily receives, the poorer the performance. I have quite a few daylilies that are crying for more sunlight. My trees are getting bigger and I'm reluctant to create new flower beds. It's so much work.
Good luck -
Kathy

Thanks Kathy. The spot I want to put it is under pine trees but it will still get a few hours afternoon sun. Maybe I'll try S. Ury Winniford there and see how she does. Marg

I doubt I could find it again, but recently I was browsing and saw a hybridizer's introduction notes on one particular daylily they were recommending growing it in part shade because otherwise the colors faded too much.

I believe I have read somewhere that "full sun" means 6 or more hours of sunlight a day, but obviously some full sun plants are really going to prefer even more than that, and others will be tolerant of somewhat less than that. It will depend on not only the species of plant, but the individual variety, as well as other conditions such as how hot and dry it is.

There is a big bed of Stella De Oros near my house. The ones on the edge are smaller and have fewer blooms than the ones in the middle, and I believe it is largely because they are closer to the trees and don't get as much sun. However, they do bloom and look healthy. So I'd say give it a try. You can always move the plant to a sunnier location if it isn't working out.

Casey

Marric, this is Leige and Leif.

It is currently growing in deep shade. It is indeed smaller, and there are fewer blooms than usual, but it is doing okay. This is deep shade that's due to the New Dawn Rose that grew so that it resulted in full shade over a couple of daylilies. I will move L&L to the area where I am removing one of two clumps of Linda Beck. On the good side the thrips didn't touch it, and the color is more intense in shade. I suspect dappled shade would have much less effect, especially if it got some sun.
kay

Thanks Kay. L&L is gorgeous! I'm going to try one I already have and that needs dividing. If it doesn't work I can always move it. Marg

Well, I'll throw in my 2 cents worth. I've lived all over the country, from Montana to Louisiana, now in Delaware. Shade is not the same in all these places, and partial shade in Louisiana is a whole lot brighter than partial shade in Montana. I suspect that in Ontario you are further north than I was in Montana, and with a shorter growing season I think a daylily would struggle with inadequate sun. How about some astilbe?

Christine

I already have some astilbe in there and it is struggling. I don't know why because I've seen it growing under a maple and it gets more shade there. It gets a bit more shade than the spot I have in mind for the daylily. I also grow Soloman's Seal back there and it does quite well. Marg