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beckygardener said:I don't believe that having narrow leaves means that a daylily will (or will not) do well in a hot climate. What I have noticed though, is that more of my narrow-leafed seedlings seem to be more rust resistant than wide leaf seedlings. Rust resistance ratio of narrow vs. wide leaf seedlings is much higher.

I'm glad to see someone mention this. I'm in Zone 8a (hot summers, often high humidity). I've noticed that I have much more problem with rust on wide-leafed cultivars and hardly any on narrow leafed ones. Also the narrow leafed cultivars continue to look good after blooming whereas many of my wide-leafed ones look really spent (though with water and cooler weather they come back). I wish more nurseries would not the type of foliage on their offerings.