We buy from the Lily Auction and tend to stay with those sellers that we have been pleased with, though I will occasionally take a chance on a new seller for an inexpensive daylily. We have had good experiences most of the time. I stay away from the sellers who have sent less than desirable plants. There are too many good sellers out there offering the same plants to settle for inferior fans. I also prefer a double fan or better as opposed to a SF, even though I will have to pay more. I agree with Pam in not wanting to buy a fan of a newer intro that is being resold before it has had time to get established. It takes twice as long to get established in our garden. We also buy from a few hybridizers buying a few new intros here and there. We usually get extra fans and plants that are well established plus a new intro as a bonus. I have found that we can get good buys from a hybridizer's general sale list. We also buy from daylily gardens which have websites or published sale lists that we have bought from previously. One in particular is Maryott with September delivery. We also attend local daylily club and regional meetings where we get good buys from the "bargain tables" and newer daylilies at the auctions. I have not made a count yet of how many we have coming in the spring, but it is fewer than in the past. Many are additional fans of daylilies that we already have and like (found at "too good to pass up" prices), so I do not have to find new planting spots for these. We have some fantastic daylilies coming
and look forward to their blooms this June. One I am looking forward to is Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Doorakian) that is coming from Mary Collier Fisher in May. We will have to "baby it" as it will arrive to near 90 degree temperatures and have to endure a typical dry summer.
Doris
