I've got my daililies from two different nursery. From the first nursery, they arrived in big double fans. I could see some flower the first year. The same DLs are doing fine now. The ones that came from the second nursery were small, I put them in pots because I had no place in my little garden, then transplanted in the ground this past spring, they are not blooming. And last, the only one I bought off of ebay, never bloomed. This DL is the dryest place of the garden, when it rains it doesn't get any rainwater. I'm a beginner too, but seeing how difficult is for the ones I just transplanted to grow I believe the do need time. It takes patience.
This year there is Spanish Glow that is doing wonderfully, it's the second year for it!