Thanks Natalie! So moving them won't cause them to have a lower bud count or shorter scapes? The plants had very different stats this year but I don't know if I can trust them. The bud counts and scape heights both dropped drastically. But that happened to a lot of my daylilies this year so I think it was more weather related.
What made me worry was the more established plants didn't suffer as much (if at all). But the ones in the ground for only 1-2 years (even if transplanted from a pot with little root disturbance) did seem more affected. I don't want to decide against a seedling in the third year if I do something to it that may predispose it to perform poorly next year.
