Great minds think alike! I just went out and took pictures of two plants that have dormancy in them and a picture of an EV daylily I received in November 2015. I only purchase from FL growers and now I only purchase plants hybridized in FL. Doesn't always work the way I expect, either.
BARBIE'S FAVORITE (SEV) Frank Smith. Frank labeled almost all his plants as SEV so I can only assume that this plant has some dormant genes. Purchased November 2013 from Michelle up in the FL panhandle. The plant looked very good when I got it--2 large fans. Barbie is just starting to wake up. This plant sent up 4 scapes the first year--all were 2 way with 7-10 buds. In 2015 it's ffo was 4/22 with a 6" bloom. It had 5 scapes, tallest was 23" all had 2 way br with 2-7 buds. The official stats for Barbie show her to be 36" tall with 6" blooms.
MRS. WILLIAM KEMBLE DU PONT is also a Frank Smith Plant. Purchased it in March of 2013 from Abundant Daylilies in north FL. Nice big plant when I received it. In 2014 the plant had 3 scapes with 2 way br. and 2-5 bc. By the fall of 2014 I wrote in my notebook that the plant was tiny and might not survive the winter. In 2015 she had 4 scapes. Tallest was 21" and 2 way br with 5-7 buds. No rebloom. Officially Mrs. William should have been 34" tall with 7" blooms.
This last picture is of PUNCHY PURPLE. It's an EV Lambertson plant that came from Michelle in November 2015. Nice plant when it arrived, but much nicer now!
You can see why I fuss over SEV daylilies. Since it is a sliding scale, there is no way to judge if the plant is at the EV side of the scale or the DOR side. I lucked out this fall--everything I got is big, bold and beautiful!
