The magazines airbrush everyone. I don't really mind as I would rather look at beautiful people than ugly ones.
But I know that's not real, I don't expect it to be. When I buy a daylily that is very different. I do expect it to look like the hybridizers picture even in garden conditions. When I first started out, before I smartened up, I had some that just never looked like they were supposed to. Those are no longer here, having been kicked out of the garden.