Both of you are correct and your input is appreciated. I'm aware their prices are higher...I have price lists for 2-3 local daylily farms in my area and Oakes is about 4-5 times more expensive on a lot of the cultivars, but as they say "don't look a gift horse in the mouth"...it's free money. That's why I had a really hard time deciding on my prize, though...the raffle prize is for a $50 gift certificate, but if you do the math, it's about a $20-$25 value, as best as I can tell.
I figured I would wait and see what is shipped because, as Donald has said, it seems they send very large plants (whether that's extra fans or just larger fans, I don't know) and I was going to reserve my judgement for when my daylilies arrived. I can tell you that they seem to have pretty good customer service so far and I still think it is generous of them to donate gift certificates to our raffles. Their product might be superior to others, too, I just don't know, but I will find out soon!
Instead of choosing cultivars I know I can get locally for really inexpensive prices, I was going to try to get cultivars from them that aren't at the daylily farms I've been to. If the daylilies fail in my climate, I won't be as disappointed since I will be getting most of them for just the cost of shipping, so it makes it worth going out on a limb a bit to bring in some 'new blood' for hybridizing in my area.
