Mid-June to early July is Lily Time in New Jersey. Not only do I have a proliferation of these beautiful flowers in my own yard, but they line the roadsides everywhere you go. You can’t drive down a road without seeing their orangey splashes of color. I call them daylilies, but people around here call them tiger lilies (not to be confused with the oriental variety of tiger lily).

I just love how they seem to throw themselves open with wild abandon, seemingly taking in everything they can get from the world around them.

They seem to love the somewhat rocky, sunny flower bed next to the pool. They share the space with lush ferns.

Along our driveway at the edge of a patch of woods this lily grows. It never opens further than this and has different leaves than the other lilies. I don’t know if it’s a hybrid, a mistake, or just its own kind.

Soon their flowering season will be over. I’ll miss them but know that they will return again next year to brighten up my yard and the highways and byways of New Jersey.

Ahhhhhh. I love day lilies!

Yes, we call them tiger lillies here in DC, too. They’re so cool - bright, cheerful, tough as hell - since they thrive in the worst of the summer weather.

GREAT pics!! happy summer!! Stay cool.

They’re beautiful! Even the “special” one.

Mine don’t seem to want to open…I don’t know if it’s because I always ignore them or because it’s been so cold or what.  Sigh…at least I have yours to gaze upon!

Those defiantly are day lilies, the leaves are long and come from the base.
You can also get day lilies in bright red, yellow, orange, pink, and peach.
They often escape from gardens and naturalize along the roadways.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylily
The Tiger Lily has spiky leaves all up the stem and has spots on the petals.
The smaller lily looks it may be a Canada Lily or the Meadow Lily. http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/liliumcana.html

Jane, me too!

Reya: thanks! Happy Summer to you as well!

Susan: ah, poor you. Is it not being summer in WA?

Paula, it seems there are two varieties of tiger lilies in the US. An oriental variety and the common wildflower variety also known as the ditch lily.  and yes! my other lily looks exactly like the Canada Lily in the link you provided. Same leaf formation and all.