Just thought I'd add in my useless two cents worth on bloom times!
I recently moved to a warmer zone, but based on where I was before, which was zone 5a, I only had one year where I got any blooms before July 4th. So, I've always just relied on what happened in my garden. It didn't matter if daylilies were listed as extra early, early, mid, or whenever, they did not bloom until July. I have no idea what extra early actually means, since for me, it always meant the beginning of July. The same exact plant would bloom way earlier in Southern gardens. So, a lot of that has to do with where you live, and where the plant was hybridized to begin with. It's all out the window once it hits your own garden!
Another thing I wanted to comment on was that you had mentioned that some of the daylilies were only grown by a couple of people. That may be true, but many of us have never listed the ones that we own, so maybe a lot more of us own them. With so many thousands of registered daylilies, many aren't owned by anyone, since they have long died and gone away without ever being sold. So, you have to keep that in mind when you are trying to find info on a specific plant, and only relying on the database for the answer. Lots of us here have asked if anyone grows a specific daylily, just to see how it does for others, so please post those if you want. Everyone is so helpful with that information.
When I lived in a much colder zone, I was very hesitant to grow evergreens, since my flower beds pretty much had 3 feet of snow or more on them all winter long. So, I bought from someone local, who had success growing them first. They all did fantastic. Ya, they looked pretty bad when the snow melted, but they shaped right up and bloomed very well. They have a way of adjusting to the conditions that they are stuck in, which was good for me! They are really tough plants!
