Sscape said:I do not buy single fans. Even if a "double fan" comes as two separate fans, at least you have a better chance of ending up with that cultivar in your garden after a couple years. I have lost way too many single fans--will not do it any more.
I also do not buy many Evergreens. Here in northern North Carolina we usually have enough Winter to test hardiness. Too many Evr's have had that quality bred out of them over the years, and the problem is only getting worse, since the reason it happened in the first place is our insatiable apatite for New and Different Colors and Forms at the expense of Vigor and Hardiness. Any Evr's that I get are now potted and placed next to my house where the heat from the house helps them to survive. If we are going to get into the teens some night, they also get covered with sheets/blankets as well. Evr's are also more likely to bring Rust into your garden since the fungus survives in any green plant tissue. Evr's never go dormant. They just get beat down to a stub that is still green (hence the Ever in the name). Evr's need to be bred for increased hardiness, and resistance to Rust. This should be the main objectives of all daylily hybridizers who work with them, if they truly love this flower. We the purchasing public, should demand this, and not encourage this with our money.
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