Dennis. I am fairly new to this forum also, everyone is just so friendly and helpful.
Ooh your story sounds familiar. I was given a couple of daylilies by my sister when I returned from living in the Middle East for 32 years in 2008 and settled back into south-west Devon, England. While we were away I had just grown shrubs as they needed little attention but once home I started to clear the old shrubs and plant perennials. I loved the daylilies and bought some on eBay from a lovely lady called Jennie who became a friend. She stoked my passion for daylilies and now I have almost 200 named varieties and also a load of seedlings grown from seeds bought on the lily auction (a neighbour gave me a piece of her vegetable garden for this purpose - I have nice neighbours!). Now my garden is full to overflowing and still I can't resist buying these plants, I don't think there's a cure for this addiction