Both UPS and Fedex have a class of service where they deliver to the Post Office. Then the Post Office delivers the package to your home. This is sometimes referred to as “Super Saver” shipping. Some companies use this method as their “free or economy shipping” option. It is almost always slower. And, of course, it is a cheaper method of shipment.

Also, on “Super Saver” shipments, UPS usually sends me an email offering to deliver directly to me (rather than the Post Office) for an added charge of $3.50 or so. I usually just wait the extra day. Oh yes, if I have another “regular” UPS delivery on the same day, they will usually deliver both directly to me.

Seedfork, those daylilies actually look quite good for the price you paid. Good luck with them. I'm looking forward to seeing pics of them when they bloom.

Seedfork said:I just went ahead and ordered from Wild's. Total order of just over $50.00, my first daylily order on line. Not much by most standards but a large order for me, but I don't think the prices could be beat. My main concern were that they all be rust resistant, then I wanted a mixture of blooming times, and finally a mixture of blooms, of course at those prices, nothing fancy.
Awesome Blossom, Spanish Glow, Tuscawilla Tigress, Lavender Stardust, Rose Emily, Hush Little Baby, Jolyene Nichole, Sunday Gloves (my favorite of the bunch), and Lime Frost (my second favorite).

I also ordered from Wild, but likely won't do so again since their answer to my rust inquiry (which I asked after I ordered) made me uneasy. They claimed to have never had rust (which may or may not be true) and that rust had been in the South, but they hadn't heard about it for awhile.

How can one be in the daylily business big scale and not know where rust is happening? A top Florida hybridizer told me that he could see a little of it when he looked out over the fields. Now that is very honest.

I've also been told some plants are rust resistant in some areas but not so much in others.

I'm also waiting on shipments I bought of the lily auction site. Also purchased a big variety of seeds that are now growing and in process of being planted in beds. Also got some plants from the local club auction. I've been told that buying through the club is a good way to get price & value.

Xenacrockett,
I think it is very possible that Wild's is telling the truth. Rust is not a problem (from what I understand) for many northern gardens. It is certainly not a major problem for them in the cold winter parts of the country. They would be much more concerned with rot, you may have almost no problem with rot.
I ran all the plants I ordered from Wild's though the All Things Plants data base and only ordered daylilies that had rust resistant ratings. Rust has not been a major problem in my garden but I have sprayed for it the past two years. I am hoping that this year will be a very minor rust problem because of the very cold winter we here in the south even have experienced. I think because of the spray programs now available rust is not considered to be nearly the problem it was once thought it could be (total loss of the daylily business). Now it is just considered to be one of the many problems people who grow plants have to deal with. Just saying before I would write off Wild's I would check with some more northern growers and see if there response is much better, I know the southern growers would be much more aware of the problem, but they do not limit their daylily selection at all by the rust rating shown, that seems to be left up to the individual grower. The most expensive new introductions can be very susceptible to rust even from the southern growers. I think there are actually very few who hybridize with rust resistant as a main goal.

Yes, and some of the rust ratings do not help much. Some of the ones rated near 1 can act like 4.5 here. There is not much one can do but spray. For example, the last two days have been near 100% humidity here and rust never sleeps.

I live in northern Michigan and never seen rust on daylies. I wouldn't even know what to look for, except from photos of daylilies with it. We have a sandy, well drained soil in my area. The iris's and daylilies seem to thrive here and never had a problem with rot with either. I do get rust occasionally on some of my apple trees that I spray for. I don't know if that is the same or if it is tranferrable to daylilies? It never has.

Ken, we northerners will only see rust in the late season if we get something from the warmer zone with it during the spring. The winter that we have will kill it. That's why some of us prefer to buy from northern gardens to eliminate that issue. That's one advantage we have over the warmer zones.

Gleni,
Which daylilies do you have rated in the 1-2.4 range that get a lot of rust? I would like to see which ones they are. Do you have any ranked in the 2.5-5.0 range that don't show much rust?

Seed. All my daylilies get rust except may be for TINY PUMPKIN. Some more than others. OLYMPIC SHOWCASE springs to mind. And H. citrina. They are supposed to be resistant but they are often rust buckets.

Hummm... so if all your daylilies get rust except for Tiny Pumpkin, seems like that would be a great plant for a hybridizer to use to try and work the anti rust trait into some daylilies? Anyone know any hybridizers?

Seed, I will go through mine for you again. Spraying is due soon. In my Excel sheets, my problem is I cannot easily distinguish from 'official' scores and ones I have given them.

I can always double check the scores in the data base.

it would be helpful to hear which daylilies of Glen's are getting a lot of rust, especially if they have an official rust score rather than just the informal designation. I suppose it is possible you have different strains of rust in Australia, though perhaps many daylilies were imported from the US after rust hit around 2000?

Seed ... those roots look great; you will have a garden full of new daylilies to enjoy!

I ordered five daylilies from them and got two "bonus" daylilies free. This is my first year ordering from them, so I look forward to seeing how the plants do this summer.

Here are what some of the Daylilies I ordered, received and planted from Wilde's earlier this year look like today.
Awesome Blossom was the smallest and weakest looking plant when I received them and it is really struggling to make it now.
Tuscawilla Tigress was the largest, it was actually potted in about a two inch pot, and it continues to be the largest, some of the other are catching up with it.





Tuscawilla Tigress


Awesome Blossom

Seed I would be so worried some animal (or me) would stand on such a tiny fan! Good luck with it.

Gleni,
It is very tiny indeed, but hanging in there. It will pick up and look better for a while, then revert back to being tiny, just can't seem to get its motor revved up!

Fingers crossed, Seed!!!

Seedfork, if you have any doubt that it will make it you should contact them and let them know. My first go around with Wild was ok. It took a couple years then everything took off. I actually bought three from them this spring. Two for their reported long blooming ability and the other for being a nice looking near white. Some of my first batch was mislabeled.

Hazelcrestmikeb,
I won't know about the labeling till next year on most of the plants, some of them might possibly bloom this year, I am still hoping. My little 'Awesome Blossom' is doing much better and now has a new bit of green growth showing, the tiny plant can be seen below and shows quite a bit of new growth finally.