Gardening

Once they get established, they are nearly unkillable unless you dig up the hard network of roots they develop which choke out all weeds. You can literally mow them down completely and they'll happily grow back. They have lovely leaves and flowers.



My dad had to dig up a bunch on his property, and I took the root like bulbs and planted them in a row along the side of my grandmother's house where the gutter would overflow every year preventing anything from growing because it became a washed out muddy trench.



The day lilies took a year to grow in, but were then unstoppable and kept the ground from turning to mud. Both have sharp bladelike leaves and beautiful flowers that attract butterflies and honeybees.