Goodness knows my budget isn't designed around collecting the newest either. And, being a rookie with daylily's and the whole hybridizing quest, I guess my question would be as was ask above. What competition?
My thoughts are that even with new CVs, when crossing one with another you are never guaranteed a final product. Sure some of the pod and pollen parents characteristics will follow thru, but I don't think that there are guarantees with any of it. I have read here and there, that lots of the hybridizers discard hundreds of their crosses because it isn't what was hoped for. Who knows what combination is going to give you and just perhaps it will be the next big thing if that's what you're after...
Again, I'm no expert by any means and have but a few crosses. My thought going in was that I can't wait to see what their smiling faces reveal. I crossed them only out of curiosity and perhaps it will be like none other that could be shared.
Good luck with hybridizing goal if you choose too...
