Day One
watercolor
9 x 12 1/2 inches

Although it’s sometimes thought to be a native plant, Hemerocallis fulva, the Orange Daylily, is native to Asia. This flower, which technically isn’t a lily, escaped cultivation in the United States and now seems to be everywhere in midsummer. Common along roadsides, it is also referred to as Ditch Lily. Now labeled as invasive, it’s hard to picture an Ohio summer without these prolific bloomers.