When I first started in daylilies my only question was will the southern beauties live thru our winters? I mostly started at Maryotts and asked Bill and he told me to mulch especially for that first winter and not to plant in the fall as to give them lots of time to get established.
So I picked pretty faces and mulched. I found out that they didn't die over the winter. There was more to it than that which I hadn't considered. Bud count for one. Most did just fine but I did end up with some that had budcounts of from 3-6. After the second year those ended up leaving. Still have Wild Cherry Roundup and Lava Flow, both with budcounts of 6 for many years now. Plus there were the ones that got hung up and wouldn't open. Best example of that was WONDER OF IT ALL, which opened about half the time but grew like a weed.
So I realised that there was much more to it than if they mearly survived, I needed them to thrive. Most of those first purchases from Maryotts are strill here and thriving. The problems mostly left.
But those Florida beauties kept getting bigger and bigger edges. That doesn't work here. Plus I had discovered northern hybridizers and I know that was the way to go for me. Yes, I do love to look at the Florida intros but I spend my money elsewhere. Not saying they aren't beautiful. They are.
