Alex, no problems not getting back to me sooner.
Nice that you have a south facing slope. And I do hope you get snow - it will make all the difference for those daylilies - they would prefer to be blanketed and protected by snow.
I've had daylilies for about 4-5 years now. Initially I didn't understand what Dor, SEV and EV meant - so I ignored it. Then when I did know, I tried to buy only dormants, with the occasional SEV. But over the last few years, with their foliage habit is like is not as important to me as other factors. I find some grow here, some don't - regardless of what they are. Some of my EV's grow as well, or even better than my dormants. Heck, some of mine that grow poorly, i pass them on to a friend 30 miles away, and they are gorgeous (and vice versa). I do pay attention if a hybridizer or seller or an ATP member makes a comment about where a daylily will grow or won't grow.
I figure that no matter what, I will probably lose a few every year. I also like to push their zones a bit, just to see if they will do well for me. But I will admit that I am not spending hundreds of dollars on a single cultivar either. ~Jan
