First, the most devastating daylily problem is probably daylily rust. This fungal disease didn’t arrive on North American shores until the early 2000s, ...

Daylily rust was first reported in the Southeastern U.S. in 2000 and has spread rapidly to many states including Louisiana. The disease causes the foliage to yellow and brown.

The popular daylily -- to many gardeners the "perfect" perennial -- now exists in a less-than-perfect world. Daylily rust or Puccinia hemerocallidis, a fungal disease identified in this country in ...