As long as we're laying it all out on the table, I am of the same philosophy as Tracey--and Connie! Period! The Lily Garden and B&D and the Lily Nook are my main commercial sources. And I rely heavily on Fall ordering because I get freshly dug field grown bulbs from these people. Spring bulbs usually are too, and if they aren't they'll tell you so. I never had a problem I couldn't live with. Faraway is in my near future here.
I'll put another feather in Judith Freemans' hat right now be saying this past Spring and Summer has been tortuous to lilies--survival of the fittest is very fitting--yet two of the four I list in my 2012 summer durability are hers and I could have listed two more as a follow up. To me thats notable and proof of excellant field performance testing on her behalf.
I am comfortable with the thought that these people are as close to lilies as I and care about lilies as much or more than I do!.
