It is fun to see so much interest in the bearded daylily. I have a clump of MS and this year saw 100 blooms and i would say 95% were bearded even with 25 pods.
BBS is very inconsistent, but I have 5 other bearded intros and all 5 have been 100% so far.
There seems to be a lot of variability with MS dependent upon location. I'm a stone's throw away from its birthplace so maybe that's why it does well for me and friends near by.
THIS sdlg is out of MS and will be an intro.