I found Purple D'oro and was so excited. Unfortunately they did poorly for me as I couldn't give them enough sun, so I gave them away. They are supposed to be like the Stella but only purple.

I had also purchased the hotter thing on the market to replace the Stella's. It is a paler yellow and about 2 inches taller then Stella's. They did well with many blooms but did not multiply much. I moved them just too feet over in my bed this year and only one bloomed. They are called happy returns. I believe these new ones must be from the same hybridizer naming them red hot returns. I am quite pleased with mine.

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There are plenty, how tall do you want the plants to be?

A child of Stella is Stella's Ruffled Fingers. It reblooms much better for me that Stella. Like Stella, it multiplies fast and needs regular division.

Smaller flowers, but generous branching stems on 'Golden Chimes' and' Lemon Bells'. Alongside 'Witchford', 'Hyperion' and 'Marion Vaughn', these graceful yellows are fabulous with the p.urple salvias (including breathtaking 'Amistad'

I also prefer those more elegant, yellow Hemerocallis, Campanula. I really don't enjoy the bright colours, ruffles and doubles

I just have a few Hems, not collecting, rather using them as part of plantings.

that one I bought kind of accidentally

Reverend Traub, happily orange, I edited a border last fall, heeled in that clump roughly,

it made it over a mild winter and now looks quite great.

other Hems of mine (sorry, NoIDs, mostly older, simple cultivars) do have pale, yelloish foliage

but that one really is a trooper

I think I will keep it and give it a nice spot in fall

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and I actually dumped all my Stella dÒro, for my taste or use they are far too short

Oh my! There are thousands of varieties of daylilies out there and all of them grow, bloom and expand for me with absolutely no problem. They are like weeds! I bought most of mine (correctly labeled and blooming) from another gardener at our local flea market for several years. When he stopped coming I started dividing and selling every year at the same place until people would stop and say they spread like crazy and you couldn't kill them with RoundUp. It sort of put a damper on selling to the people that were looking. I have most of the older varieties as I have found the newer hybrids are not true to the advertisements. My most prolific are: Strutters Ball, Canadian Border Patrol, Prairie Blue Eyes, Girl Scout, Feather Down, Bayport, Daring Deception, Elegant Candy, Summer Wine, Gentle Shepherd, Winsome Cherub and a couple unknown that I have lost their names. Many of the newer ones are fragrant and reblooming. I am trying to get some of those but I keep having the problem of they are out of stock or they are not true to the original plant. These typically cost $15 each and if they aren't what they are supposed to be I get discouraged pretty quickly.

Happy Returns is a clear yellow which reblooming on and off all summer for me.

Color, height , hardiness for your zone all are factors to consider . As are soil , amount of sun available , and amount of rainfall.(although rainfall can be supplimented by watering with a hose. I myself grow about 1500 different varieties right now as well as about 1000 seedlings . I do not plant daylilies hybridized and grown in the deep south as most are not hardy for my zone . Lovely faces but you plant them and then winter comes and they don't come back . So do some research , there is a lot to learn about one of the most popular perennials out there . Trial and error can be expensive so it is often helpful to pick a cultivar and learn everything you need to know about it before a purchase. A good site to get started learning about daylilies is https://garden.org Have fun it is an eye opener for sure .

if you are willing to move beyond bigbox.. and mail order plants.. one might think.. there are tens of thousands of options available ... the daylily peeps are crazier than the hosta peeps.. with hybridizing newer and better stuff ... lol... luckily... DLily is one collecting addictions i skipped.. lol ...

and if you are willing to go cheap.. and take the time to grow your own clumps .... by buying small divisions .... you too can have a hundred varieties.. lol ...

harold mentioned hallsons... if its the hosta/perennial joint in MI ... they are retiring ... and you might have to act fast if you are interested in ordering from them ...

ken

Actually, I've not noticed Stella's being all that vigorous. They have a great initial bloom but after that the reblooms are very sparse and don't catch anyone's attention. I call them McDaylily.

Hi Ken. I checked the hallson site and they are advertising their products as usual for 2019 and they removed any mention of the business being for sale. Perhaps it does have new owners.

Depends on the climate, the water (as signet said) . I got rid of the Stellas years ago. I want more bloom and nice long bloom. Some are better than others. Several of mine bloom for six weeks or longer, then re-bloom.

kay