I have always thought it might be nice to live in a more southern area where you can garden all year, but after reading about your problems, I think I will stay here! I dig out daylilies by the
truckloads and purposely try to kill them, and even after laying on top of the ground in baking sun and then through the freezing winter, they still grow when spring arrives. I haven't ever lost
a daylily. Even full evergreens at -25 come back just fine. My heart goes out to you though. There were pix of some nice looking seedlings. That must really hurt!