Love that Tuscawilla Tigress & Farewell Party.
About 1/4 of my daylilies are midlates, lates or very lates. I too try to purchase lates because I too hate the dead beds. The problem I am havingis that many of the lates are blooming mid to midlate for me. I had pretty good blooms in July - same as last year, and very little now, although I am seeing some scapes & reblooms.
Last year I attributed it to the majority of the daylilies being new & their seasons screwed up. This year it's the hot summer, many things have bloomed up to 3 weeks earlier than normal.
I have a few lates that haven't bloomed yet, and am not yet seeing scapes on, so I am crossing my fingers. I also have reblooms coming because of the extended season so I shouldn't complain too loudly. I still have about 4 blooming on any given day right now. Hopefully things will continue to improve over the next few years.
I was hoping some of my seedlings would be lates, but they are all bloomed out already. ~Jan
