Depends on how much it costs!
And what my course of action will be - pretty flower or hybridizing for some affect. And I hardly ever by from a southern hybridizer because of course their 'stock' is different from what I am looking for. I've learned my lessons well.
I need hardy
I need tall (many are short especially if grown in a greenhouse on benches!)
I am not after all the ruffles and whistles
Mucho Ruffles don't open up well here with cool nights
I need to concentrate on higher bud count and branching since daylilies do not repeat here.
Most northern growers sell what does well in the north.
Mind you, I have just learned that there are some that do better in the south, and some that do better in the north, nothing against either.
Not that that they aren't just the prettiest darn things, I've just learned that I lose them. I have discovered that many northern growers with good snow cover can grow things that I can't. Also that just because a parent doesn't live here, the offspring might. Case in point. My Ta-Dah! and Aha! are from Skinwalker which doesn't live here (tried twice, I love it so much). But, crossed with Margo Reed's Creature of the Night (which is hardy) the offspring do fine, even in my so so winters and cut back and NO mulch!
So, I guess that knowing the parents are part of my collecting!
