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Pinewood Gardens is the daylily garden of Phil and Luella Korth. We are located in northeast Wisconsin in a zone 4 climate. Pinewood Gardens is a licensed nursery specializing in hardy northern daylilies. Our daylilies have to survive winters down to -20 degrees often with little snow. We also have cold spring weather, late frosts and cool summer nights. Only a few daylilies thrive in our climate.
We have been hybridizing tetraploid daylilies for 12 years. Our goal is to develop high performance daylilies for northern gardens. The key characteristics that are important to us are: hardiness, consistent opening and beautiful faces. Plant evaluation takes place out in our garden. We expect our seedlings not only to survive but thrive. They must have adequate bud count, nice foliage and be consistently beautiful to look at. We are now seeing many wonderful seedlings and are introducing flowers that are great additions to the northern gardens.
This year we have twelve new introductions that have performed wonderfully in our garden. Those we have used in our hybridizing program have proven to be wonderful parents. Due to the limited number of seedlings we grow, we cannot explore all the hybridizing potential of our introductions. Therefore, other gardeners interested in hybridizing may find new opportunities using our introductions. Where possible, we do show examples of the breeding potential of our 2009 introductions. All of our introductions have grown well in our climate but the evergreen foliage types will benefit from some winter mulch.
2010 Introductions
The 2010 collection of 14 plants is priced at $1,350 (a savings of $375) plus free shipping. New this year is two special collections of our prior introductions.
Ancient of Days
Ancient of Days [(Janet Benz x Mary Lightfine) x Tears for Gus] 27”, 5.5”, Evergreen, M, 29 buds with 3 way branching, fertile both ways, rebloomed in 2009.
The best purple we have grown in our garden, Ancient of Days combines consistently flawless blossoms with great scapes and reblooming in our northern garden. With wide laterals, Ancient of Days should be a great show flower and we had several days where 3 perfect blossoms on one scape were displayed without touching each other. Foliage is evergreen but vigor is good here. With dormant grand parents on both sides, we are seeing many dormants in the Ancient of Days offspring. As a parent, Ancient of Days is unmatched in our garden. Clear colors, flawless blooms and large white edges are characteristics of many seedlings from Ancient of Days. $175 SF
Ancient of Days
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August Bride
August Bride (August Wedding x J.T. Davis) 26”, 5.5”, Dormant, M, 30 buds with 4 way branching, fertile both ways.
We had always planned to name a special daylily August Bride. August Wedding produced many fine cream/white daylilies but August Bride has been outstanding in many ways. First, the scape is among the best in the garden with wide lateral branches and 30 plus buds. The foliage is arching so at 26” tall, the flower scapes are well above the foliage. The flowers are exquisite, and August Bride has proven itself to be a great parent. $175 SF.
August Bride
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August Groom
August Groom makes an elegant companion to August Bride and they are both excellent dormant daylilies that should grow well anywhere in the north. August Groom is a formal dark burgundy with darker eye that is an excellent contrast to the cream white of August Bride. August Groom combines good garden traits with being an easy to use parent both ways. The pollen parent was a dormant line bred Benz red and we have gotten nice red seedlings from August Groom $100 SF.
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Bold Witness
Bold Witness (Celebration of Angels x Rapid Eye Movement) x Clarification 34”, 6”, Dormant, ML, 21 buds with 2 way branching, fertile both ways.
Bold Witness makes a great late season show in the garden. The huge red eye and tall scapes make this a wonderful garden flower. The use of Clarification has added dormancy, large size and great color to our eyed program. Bold Witness will be a star in your garden. $75 SF
Bold Witness
Easter Morning
Easter Morning August Wedding x Linda’s Magic 29”, 6.25”, Dormant, M, 31 buds with 4 way branching, fertile both ways, fragrant.
The cool summer of 2009 showed Easter Morning is a great northern flower. When we had night temperatures that got into the upper 40’s, Easter Morning was flat open early in the morning. In addition, Easter Morning has great substance so it looks good all day. Easter Morning is a large flower consistently over 6 inches with first flowers up to 7 inches. The rolled back form is typical. Combining the genetics from Tet. Siloam Ralph Henry in August Wedding and Tet. Linda Agin from Linda’s Magic, this daylily is a hybridizing powerhouse. Easter Morning has been a great parent for large pink and lavender seedlings. August Wedding has produced another great introduction for us with hard dormant plant habit and high bud count. Easter Morning is very limited so order early to get this great northern daylily. $150 SF.
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Gentle on my Mind
Gentle on my Mind - Northern Dawn x Treasure of the Southwest 36”, 5.25”, Dormant, M, 23 buds with 2 way branching, fertile both ways
Gentle on my Mind is the last introduction from the fortuitous cross of Northern Dawn x Treasure of the Southwest. This flower is all about color and performance. The soft tropical colors are soothing rather than shocking. Coupled with excellent scapes, consistent opening, and hardiness, Gentle on My Mind is a complete garden daylily. $75 SF.
Hello Darkness
Hello Darkness - Forbidden Fantasy Seedling x (Janet Benz x Dark Temptation) 30”, 5.5”, Evergreen, EM, 24 buds with 2 way branching, fertile both ways.
The first bloom in the seedling field identified this flower as one of the most sunfast dark colored flowers we grow. After observing Hello Darkness in our garden for several years, we enjoy the intense color along with great substance. As a parent, Hello Darkness has produced intense black red and dark purple seedlings. Many of the seedlings from Hello Darkness are dormant, enhancing its value to the northern hybridizer. $100 SF.
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Natalie Grace
Natalie Grace - (Northern Dawn x Eternal Glory) x Heir to the Throne 32”, 5.25”, Dormant, EM, 21 buds with 3 way branching, fertile both ways
Luel and I were blessed with our first grandchild last fall. Natalie Grace Teske has been a joy in our lives with an easy going nature and a sparkling smile. The daylily Natalie Grace is much like our granddaughter – easy going, fun, bubbly. This flower is fast growing and our first release from the fabulous Heir to the Throne. Our two clumps in the garden this year were heavy bloomers and the flowers were great looking despite the cool summer nights. The seedlings we saw from Natalie Grace were among the best in the garden characterized by huge ruffles that open without hanging up. $150 SF.
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New Covenant
New Covenant – (Clarification x Dan Mahony) 34”, 5.5”, Dormant, M, 23 buds with 3 way branching, fertile both ways
Intense color is the feature of New Covenant. Standing tall in the garden, the vivid red eye and dark pink petals draw visitors to this flower. New Covenant is a breakthrough for northern gardeners being dormant and larger than other flowers in that color range. Limited - $125 SF.
Only Imagine
Only Imagine – (Seedling x Mount Herman Marvel) x Webster’s Pink Wonder 40”, 9”, Evergreen, M, 14 buds with 1 way branching, fertile both ways – pods difficult
Imagine a clear pink flower that is 9” diameter with 3.5” wide petals. Put it on a tall scape and you have a dominating presence in the garden. That flower is Only Imagine. The genetics on this flower are fascinating with large size coming from Mount Herman Marvel (out of Tet. Dena Marie) on the pod side and Webster’s Pink Wonder on the pollen side. Only Imagine always drew comments from garden visitors. We just started hybridizing with Only Imagine and expect some interesting flowers coming from the seeds we are collecting. Imagine a garden full of giant flowers of all colors – Only Imagine is just the start. $200 SF
Only Imagine
Parable of the Net
Parable of the Net – Cast Your Net x (Odds and Ends x Julie Newmar) 30”, 6”, Dormant, M, 20 buds with 2 way branching, fertile both ways
This flower brings several important features to the gardener and hybridizer. First, Parable of the Net is dormant and hardy in our climate – one of the few patterned eyed daylilies to make that claim. Second, Parable of the Net opens easily and flat unlike many patterned eyed flowers that tend to stay cupped or pinched. We like seeing flat opening patterned eyed daylilies that show off the pattern. For hybridizers, it is a good pod setter and while we did not register it as an unusual form, Parable of the Net frequently has sepals that twist and curl. $100 SF
Rooted in Love
Rooted in Love – Purify My Heart x Lady Betty Fretz 26”, 5”, Semi evergreen, M, 24 buds with 3 way branching, fertile both ways
Purify My Heart has been a popular daylily both in our garden and throughout the country due to the clear white color and soft pink eye and edge. Rooted in Love is the first introduction from Purify My Heart and is a more dramatic color contrast. The eye and edge are a darker pink while keeping the same cream white petal color. Wonderful in a clump, we have just begun to hybridize with it and expect great seedlings from Rooted in Love. $100 SF
Sawtooth Predator
Sawtooth Predator – (Magic Amethyst x Forestlake Ragamuffin) x Clarification 23”, 5”, Dormant, ML, 25 buds with 3 way branching, fertile both ways
Sawtooth Predator is an excellent plant for northern gardeners. The lavender color with consistent teeth on the edges is unique for a dormant northern plant. Sawtooth Predator is a lovely addition to the late season garden. We have a good supply of this excellent plant allowing us to sell it as a double fan. $150 DF
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Snow Day
Snow Day – Eternal Glory x Michael Miller 26”, 5.75”, Dormant, ML, 25 buds with 3 way branching, fertile both ways
Pinewood Gardens has produced some wonderful cream whites and Snow Day is an excellent addition. Dormant, high bud count, fertile, and consistent opening, Snow Day impressed us with a huge bubbly edge. We have made many seeds from Snow Day and expect the fine characteristics from Snow Day to produce dormant beauties, but have not yet bloomed any seedlings. $75 SF