Yes, fans came well marked and in good condition. I think they were on the small side. I ordered in the spring, no blooms the first summer, bonus fans like other sellers do. Their higher priced daylilies i believe are too expensive, have done price comparisons. I prefer to spend a little more money and get bigger plants. Check out the Lily Auctions. Blue Ridge Daylilies is great and also pleased with Oakes Daylilies. The daylily collectors on this forum will probably have some other suggestions. Take their suggestions seriously!!

Sherry

I ordered from them about 3 years ago. Fans were on the small side but everything survived. It took a little while for them to catch up and bloom but now all the ones from them are great plants. The only real complaint I had and why I haven't ordered again is I got a couple of mislabels (and my order was small). I never have figured out what the ones are that they sent instead of what I ordered....but I've kept them.

Celeste

A friend told me that fans were on the small side. I have to add a caveat to all the recommendations for BlueRidge: some cultivars are ridiculously overpriced. For some cultivars you will pay three times what you might pay elsewhere. Do your homework! And a bunch of mediocre bonuses doesn't make up for a high initial price. (Some people are so enamored of a throwaway bonus.)

And don't think that plumped-up southern fans are necessarily better. As someone else noted here, those leeks will shrink after all the fertilizer wears off. The same thing happens with Lowe's plants (not necessarily daylilies): they've been pumped up with fertilizer, but then just languish when they are planted.

I don't worry about the pumped up fertilizer wearing off of the plants in the deep south as much as I do the fungicides they spray for rust. After they wear off, the rust reappears and bingy bangy you have a garden full of the stuff. That's why I try and order from more northerly nurseries in the spring where the winter cold has killed it off if they had any. Blueridge is one of the nurseries I use (and am satisfied with) because they usually have a cold enough winter to kill rust but a warm enough season to grow a wide variety of daylilies.........I've never heard anyone give an overly enthusiastic review on Smokeys. Nothing negative, just o.k. They are a northern daylily farm which might mean they are safe to order from in spring if you are trying to avoid rust, BUT if their daylilies are greenhouse grown the rust could still be an issue. Only daylilies grown outside and exposed to the freezing temperatures would be safe................Maryl

I have ordered form Tomcat daylily farm very happy. If you are looking for quality check out their website.

Tomcat seems very expensive. Examples: Highland Lord $20. Shelby's Song $40. Most of the rest are unfamiliar to me.

mantis, I checked out that website and it looks like the price, eg. $40 for Highland Lord, would be for a clump or a decent number of fans. There's a place near me that does the same thing. Their prices are higher than you'd expect, but they dig an entire clump for that price. If something is popular and they're always selling it, clumps aren't too large. But if something doesn't sell....

well, one year, I wanted Cartwheels, which they had for something like $10 or $15 maybe. I'd seen it in a convention tour garden and liked the shape of the blooms. Evidently I was the only person to ever want that one. The clump was so enormous that we had to tip it directly from the car into a wheelbarrow. The prospect of digging a large enough hole or even attempting to divide it was so overhwelming that we simply dumped it onto a bed. It's been there ever since, above ground, happily blooming away every summer.

But even so, I agree, the prices on that website seem high. Maybe the clumps are very large.

Yes.....again and again! Great company and exceptionally vigorous plants. You can buy blocks of 10-50 fans at a time and fill your whole yard. All plants are healthy and grow big fast. The price is far lowe5r than many other inferior growers.

Blue Ridge sends big plants and I have never had one mis-labeled. Nice bonuses too.

Blue Ridge and Oakes send very nice plants, but sometimes a little pricey. There's some good daylily auctions on Facebook; I especially like Lyle and Penny Dye's Daylily Today Auction. If you're into Munson's, a great source is Cheryl Day.

I see you mentioned Cheryl Day. I'm trying to get more Munson s. I emailed her twice from a link on her site, but got no reply. What gives? Her web site is great and she has many I would like, so I d like to order. Any suggestions..

I will see what I can do Donna. This is a busy time of the year for daylily sellers, so that may be why she hasn't contacted you.

I have some Munson daylilies. What are you looking for?

I have not had any communications with Cheryl. Perhaps something is wrong. I know she wanted to get out of the daylily business at one time because of the drought conditions around her area.

I've never ordered from Smokey's so I can't comment on that.

Donna, Wynn's Daylily Garden has a pretty good selection of Munson daylilies and great prices in my opinion. I've ordered from them several times and have been very happy with my order. They are located in the South thou, if that's a concern.

I am in Central Ohio - we have had temperatures as low as -17 this past winter. All my Munson's are growing quite well.

I have quite a few Munson's. Anything in particular you're looking for?

I have ordered from them several times. They have many very inexpensive daylilies. I checked some from the Daylily Auction (DA) against Smokey's prices and Smokey's prices were lower on several of them. They always ship immediately - you never have to follow-up (that has not been the case on DA!) and they only charge $8.95 shipping for the first one. Some people on DA charge $15 for one ! And Smokey's send very nice plants. I have been very happy with them. My worst experiences have been on the DA, although I have good experiences as well. If you can get the daylilies you want directly from the hybridizer, that is a great way to go. I have found they send really nice plants - usually more than 2 fans and they give you nice bonuses. And speaking of Blueridge - yes, a lot of their prices are higher, but I have had great luck with them - always send them right away, they always send very nice fans - I want to say more than 2 and I have always received very nice bonuses - in fact one time I got a brand new one of their intros. They are hybridizers also so Blueridge is a good one to buy from.

Donna, Cheryl Day sent me a new email address last year. It is Finchhaven157@gmail.com. The one at her site might be the old one. I grow over 200 Munsons. I do not sell them but would like to trade for ones that I do not have. If interested, please send me a message here.

Yes 've order several times and think their great. Fast shipping and nice size fans if your buying name brand lily's. No tag size are small but still nice root cl

I recently ordered from Smokey's because I could purchase the number of plants needed at a discount (lot of 25 plants). They arrived in good shape but I would say everything was small. However they were, as I said, discounted for the lot size and I didn't have to divide everything. Most of them seems to be doing well, but there are a couple that don't seem to be growing. So if they don't start to grow in a couple weeks I'll contact them and report back on how that goes.

I also ordered from a more local farm -- Amador Flower Farm -- and the plants they shipped were very nice and clean, healthy, and are growing strong.

Thanks for the report on Amador as well as Smokeys. I've never ordered from either, but I did find out that Amador is supposed to be a rust free vendor. They carry mostly older daylilies, but for people such as myself who want rust free plants only, they might just fill the bill..............Maryl

The plants my daughter had them send me were so tiny and sickly there is very little to work with I feel her money would have been more widely spent elsewhere. I would not recommend anyone buy from

25 days later the daylilies continue to die off along and none are

Thriving. I was told they would improve greatly over the next few weeks and basically

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I order from Smokeys Daylillies weeks ago . My order has not arrived. I've tried calling, an sending several text, Still no answer! I'm very disappointed in them. At the same time I placed my order with them, I placed another order with a different company they arrived 2 weeks ago, in time for me to plant on Good Friday. They also need to give tracking #. Linda

Hi Linda Breland, I'm in Florida. I'm trying to place an $100.00 order from them..Have you received your plants yet? Wanna make sure first.