Jerry Nettles had been just a so-so daylily for me. It does have plenty of blooms, 1st 2 or 3 years I had it, it was splotchy. It started looking much better though. Slow to multiply, and had struggled since I moved it out of a protected area. Some evergreens do fine here, others do not. It went from a large clump after about 10 years to a couple of small fans it 2 years after moving, so I don't think it would do well at all in a colder zone.