I've found a couple of more northern nurseries since I posted this thread that offer some of the newer southern daylilies. One is Cottage Garden in New York. For starters they carry Parrots of the Caribbean which I was looking for in particular.
http://www.daylily.net/gardens.... I e-mailed Brett and asked him his rust situation. His reply was that he is a zone 6 garden (which kills the rust over winter) and keeps any new plants he takes in separate from the general population, which are all field grown. His price on Pirates was very competitive.........The other more northern daylily nursery is in Kentucky: Bluegrass Nursery. In their introduction they say they are a rust free nursery.
http://bluegrassdaylilygardens...
I've had no experience with either of them, but at least I have a source for some of the ones on my list.....Maryl