You would hate it here, Justine.
Probably 75% or more of the daylilies listed as reblooming or recurrent don't rebloom here.
For me, Bud Building is my new collectible trait. It seems to be my best bet to get a large, fancy daylily to bloom into September, other than just VL bloomers. Right now, I'm hooked on Party Every Day (Davisson) and Keepsake Rosie (Ginny Pearce). Party starts the second week of July and nlooms until it's keeping the VL's company most years. Rosie starts earlier, but has gotten the bud building scapes going several years, producing blooms over seven weeks wtihout rebloom. And I was gifted a bud builder that bloomed for me the first time this year; Pee Wee's Big Adventure. I kind of don't want to judge it on the first full year in the garden, but I want to say it pushed up blooms for almost 10 weeks. All three of those seem to be awesome bud builders for my region, and I'm using them to try to create more.
I don't know that I've ever been disappointed with a daylily. Some don't do well for me, but I assume that's just my location or how I do my gardening. I've given away some plants because they just couldn't make it here, but I don't know that I would call it a flaw with the plant. I'm constantly trying those fancy Evergreens that are supposed to bloom EE, and I know the odds are very slim, but if I ever find one or two that work here, I'll be in business. I can't really blame the plant when I put it in a position where it's not likely to be successful.
