Well, just let me say that my first online order came from Gilbert H. Wild and Son! Why? Because I was new to daylilies, and did not know of many online sources and their advertising on the internet drew me in. I did find a few other sites but the Gilbert H. Wild site had the best selection and of course the best prices of the few sites I was aware of at the time. Let me also state that Gilbert H. Wild does grow and sell tissue culture daylilies (something I was not even aware of )on my first order. Whether or not that is an issue for you will be something you will have to decide on.
However, my first order with Gilbert H. Wild was not my only order, I was quite satisfied with my first order and those plants have done very well in my garden. There are literally thousands of daylily growers who started out with plants ordered from Gilbert H. Wild.
It is true that the plants from Gilbert H. Wild have all been very small plants, and many of them I think are kept in coolers for a length of time before being sold and shipped, but I am not sure that has caused them any harm from the way they have performed in my garden. Being the Gilbert H. Wild order was my first online order I actually did not have much to compare size of the plants with, so they were fine with me.
Now that I have a little more experience with daylilies, I have not placed an order with Gilbert H.Wild this year, why? Mainly because I have found so many other sources on line, and locally. I just love going to the actual daylily farms and gardens of the sellers, looking at the plants and talking with the growers to improve my knowledge of growing the plants. Plus I feel that the plants that are grown locally and have done well in local gardens have proved themselves in my climate. The plants I buy locally avoid the stress of being shipped, and I avoid the cost of shipping. One more point for Gilbert H. Wild is they do keep shipping cost very low.
So in my opinion, Gilbert H. Wild is a good starting point for beginner daylily growers who are anxious to get started growing a few plants and learning more along the way. I would advise you to learn about rust and rust resistant plants before ordering anything, but still at the price point and with the low shipping of the Wild selection of plants you can experiment and find out first hand about rust.
