Yes, I'm sick of Stella's and actually only keep a couple out in the field. There are tons of other colors in daylilies other than Stella. You might consider the daylilies Red Volunteer, Noble Lord, Autumn Wood and many other nice "not yellow" colors.

You should also be able to handle false indigo, peonies, Joe-Pye weed, cardinal flowers and monarda.

Janet

Your growing conditions sound exactly like mine! I'm just building my garden and its been rough. Wish I could find a good inexpensive source for the soil amendments I need....and help to dig it in! However, my daylilies have done well and so have the clematis I've planted. The mophead hydrangeas are doing fine, but one oak leaf is looking sad and there is some bizarre fungus or something on two of the three Annabelles I planted. The Stellas around here did put on a good show and people seem to love them, but they've just never done it for me either.