Hello Maurice,
I live near Augusta, Georgia, and have been growing some dormant daylilies here over the last several years. I have gotten rather mixed results although more positive than negative. Perhaps you can use this information in your study. They divide into 4 categories:
1. No problem - they go dormant, increase and bloom annually
Aftershock (Benz) Bicolor Beautiful (Carpenter) Cast Your Crown (Korth) Evening Sparkle (Benz)
Forestlake Ragamuffin (Harding) Mary Lena (J Rice) Rosy Spiketail (Gossard) Ruckus (JA Rice)
See Me-Feel Me-Touch Me (Holmes) Susan Ruoff (Bachman) Swimming with Sharks (Polston)
2. Dormants that act as Evergreen in my garden
Shores of Time (Stamile) Venus Flytrap (Gossard)
3. Dormants that have died - although in both cases, they died in the summer from crown rot
Cactus Blossom (Gossard) Upon This Rock (Korth)
4. Dormants that have struggled
Alan Lane Agin (Agin) - like the two listed in #3 above, this one died in the summer of crown rot. I replaced it and the replacement plant is doing well. Now in its third year in my garden
Dragon Slayer (Polston) - Did well and increased the first two years, then died back (during winter) and came back as a single fan. Now going into its third spring since the die back, it is still only 2 fans.
Heavenly Pink Fang (Gossard) - Much like Alan Lane Agin, this did well for two years, then died back in the summer from crown rot, but two or three fans remained. It is back to six or more fans now.
Ruffled Strawberry Parfait (Reckamp) - Behaves more like Dragon Slayer. It grew well (from 2 fans to 7) then died back in winter to only two fans. It has continued to live over the last three years, but has increased only slightly and bloomed sparingly or not at all. Our winter last year was the coldest we have had in years, but there was no change for this plant in the spring - still small and only two small scapes with few blooms.
