Being new to Florida and also Arkansas, I prefer to buy local. When we first moved to AR, the local nursrery gave me lots of advice on what grows here and where to plant it. The same was true in FL, where there are so many nurseries and being a nut about daylilies, there are dalily farms in abundance in my area! Because we travel from one home to another and our schedule is not fixed, I hesitate to do mail order.