I sell daylilies from my garden to word of mouth customers (friends of
friends, typically) - very few things for more than $10 for a triple fan
for
a newer intro.

I refuse to buy anything that is a first year intro that is more than $50;
sometimes even I just HAVE TO have it.

Cheryl

Oh don't i know that "have to have" feeling. In my breeding program I buy
ones I once thought were so out of reach for me. The turn over the first
few years of the expensive ones are to other growers/hybridizers looking for
a bargain price for a new daylily. The hybridizer keeps his price higher
than I do for many years after I am trying to sell the increase that is too
much for my garden space. :-)

I am about to intro a few new varieties. I am wrestling with what to charge
for a single fan of the new cultivars. I agree many of the new things are
way over priced, mostly by the top hybridizers located in Florida, Texas and
the Carolinas. I am way up north where many of the new southern intros just
are not hardy for me the first year or so. They may survive but perform
here like a wal mart tissue culture [laughing].

There is a mindset among the buyers of new intros that if one charges too
little for the new daylily it must be third rate. Far from it. I would
love to get plugged into the backyard hybridizers whose work is under rated
because they are new to daylily breeding. A few well known hybridizers get
all the attention, but many are producing lousy cultivars for northern
growers. Don't get me wrong, they sure have a pretty face but there are
problems with hardiness, flower opening, color saturation or foliage that
gets raggy mid season. In early summer we still may have 60 degree nights.
That can make a beauty look ugly real fast.

Wil