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. 

2009 Introductions
The 2009 collection of 12 plants is priced at $1,300 (a savings of $350) plus free shipping. 

Cast Your Crown

(Forestlake Ragamuffin x Emmerich seedling) 27”, 5”, Dormant, ML, 24 buds with 3 way branching, fertile both ways. 

This dormant red with gold toothy edge is a unique breeding in reds and valuable as both a garden plant and a hybridizing plant.  The pollen came from Karol Emmerich (thanks Karol) and her tender but gorgeous shark-tooth seedling 16399 (Fortune’s Dearest x Lifting Me Higher).  When crossed to Forestlake Ragamuffin, we were fortunate to get a dormant plant with teeth.  We are evaluating many fancy edged flowers with Cast Your Crown as a parent.  $200

seedlings from CAST YOUR CROWN
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Celestial Radiance

(Celestial Army x Michael Miller) 28”, 6”, Dormant, M, 32 buds with 4 way branching, fertile both ways. 

This flower is a lovely pale yellow with bubbly edge.  The best attributes for Celestial Radiance are its hardiness and wonderful scapes that it inherits from Celestial Army.  We set pods on our garden clump this year but have not yet seen Celestial Radiance as a parent.  $75

Endless Day

(Eternal Glory x Cream Perfection) 32”, 6.5”, Dormant, EM, 19 buds with 2 way branching, fertile both ways. 

Cream Perfection is a large flower from John Benz that is out of Tet. Betty Benz.  When combined with our Eternal Glory, we got seedlings with large size, improved color, heavy texture and good opening flowers.  Endless Day is the largest of the seedlings with first flowers over 7”.  The apricot/gold color is showy and flowers stand on sturdy scapes.  The name comes from its garden performance as it is as pretty at 6:00 pm as it is at 6:00 am.  $100

Forever Rosemary

(Northern Dawn x Treasure of the Southwest) 29”, 6”, Dormant, M, 24 buds with 2 way branching, fertile both ways. 

Forever Rosemary is named after Luel’s mother.  Luel wanted the best rose pink ruffled daylily and this one fits the bill.  Forever Rosemary is all about color and performance.  The clear rose color has made this flower a garden favorite.  Hardiness, good opening, heavy substance, and a good scape make this an outstanding performer.  Fertile, we have yet to see many seedlings from Forever Rosemary but look forward to them next year.  $125

seedling from FOREVER ROSEMARY

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Garnet Jewel

(Upon This Rock x Vatican City) 28”, 5.5”, Dormant, M, 25 buds with 4 way branching, fertile both ways. 

Garnet Jewel is a velvety deep red.  The texture and deep color are stunning in the garden.  Not the fancy edges some of our other introductions have, this daylily is distinctive for being sunfast, a consistent bloomer and an excellent opener.  Another excellent plant from Upon This Rock.  $75

seedlings from GARNET JEWEL
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Heir to the Throne

(Forsyth Comanche x Eternal Glory) 29”, 5.75”, Dormant, M, 27 buds with 3 way branching, fertile both ways. 

Heir to the Throne is simply the finest pink daylily we have grown (including any other hybridizer).  Its many attributes include hardiness, flat opening, excellent scape with well spaced buds, consistent flowers, fragrant, and an outstanding hybridizing plant.  We have purchased many plants in this price range and often were disappointed with the plant performance especially compared to Heir to the Throne.  We feel confident that Heir to the Throne will be well received by gardeners and hybridizers.  One of the reasons we hybridize daylilies is to get good northern plants out to daylily gardeners.  We think Heir to the Throne has the potential to convert some casual gardeners to daylily fanatics.  As a hybridizing plant, Heir to the Throne will be producing new introductions for us in a variety of colors for many years.  The edges on the kids are huge and many are the same hard dormant plant habit that we love about Heir to the Throne.  $250

seedlings from HEIR TO THE THRONE
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Legendary Romance

(Dan Mahony x Mount Herman Marvel) 28”, 5.25”, Evergreen, M, 26 buds with 3 way branching, fertile both ways. 

This coral flower with rose eye is a unique daylily both in color and shape.  We had several plants scattered throughout the garden in 2008 and all performed wonderfully this summer.  This plant has been in the garden for 5 years with no winter problems in spite of its evergreen foliage.  Fertile both ways, we have a couple potential introductions from this flower.  The wide blunt sepals and perfect form make this daylily recognizable in the garden.  $125.

seedlings from LEGENDARY ROMANCE
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Northern Treasure

(Northern Dawn x Treasure of the Southwest) 25”, 5.5”, Dormant, M, 23 buds with 3 way branching, fertile both ways. 

Northern Treasure is a full sib to Forever Rosemary and is an exciting color addition to the garden.  In addition to great color, Northern Treasure adds a larger watermark, ruffled gold edge, veining, and a colored midrib.  Many garden visitors have commented on this flower – noting its beauty but struggling to describe the lovely color.  We have had great success using this flower for hybridizing.  Easily fertile, we have lovely seedlings with saturated colors, watermarks, and fancy edges.  As I write this, we just collected 15 fat seeds from Northern Treasure x Heir to the Throne that we look forward to blooming in 2010.  Northern Treasure is limited in supply and will be available only in 2009 collection order.  $175 in collection only.

seedlings from NORTHERN TREASURE
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Rolling Stone

(Upon This Rock x Joan Derifield) 28”, 6”, Dormant, EM, 22 buds with 3 way branching, fertile both ways. 

Another introduction from Upon This Rock, Rolling Stone combines with the famous Joan Derifield to make a reddish purple flower with a fine gold edge.  Joan Derifield brought the wonderful color and Upon This Rock brought the edge and improved opening ability to make a flower that will be a wonderful addition to the garden.  Rolling Stone has proven to be a fine parent for reds with edges.  $75

seedlings from ROLLING STONE
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Rocks Cry Out

(Upon This Rock x Momentum) 33”, 5.5”, Dormant, EM, 31 buds with 4 way branching, fertile both ways. 

Rocks Cry Out is our finest introduction from Upon This Rock.  This flower has all the great attributes we seek in our hybridizing efforts.  First, we want a beautiful flower that is unique.  Rocks Cry Out is a bitone that has a clear red color with a huge ruffled edge of light red, tan, and gold and the vivid green throat.  Second, Rocks Cry Out is a hardy dormant, has a great scape, and opens well in all weather.  Finally, Rocks Cry Out is easily fertile and is producing fancy red flowers with ruffled edges.  We are trying to find a daylily good enough to hybridize with Rocks Cry Out and are having little success.  This gorgeous flower is easily noticed by garden visitors for its unique look.  $200.

seedlings from ROCKS CRY OUT
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Shotgun Wedding

(Celestial Army x August Wedding) 23”, 5.5”, Dormant, EM, 29 buds with 3 way branching, fertile both ways. 

What happens when you have two great creamy flowers such as Celestial Army and August Wedding?  You hybridize them together.  Such a forced mating led to Shotgun Wedding.  This heavily ruffled beauty is excellent for the front border.  It blooms above the foliage with a large number of cream white flowers.  $125

Where’s Waldo

(Calling All Angels x Inner Destiny) 33”, 5”, Evergreen, M, 18 buds with 3 way branching, fertile both ways. 

Calling All Angels from Dan Trimmer was a breakthrough flower with almost all eye and edge.  However, it proved to be a weak grower here and tender.  Where’s Waldo has a similar large eye and edge but is a much better garden plant here in our difficult climate.  Where’s Waldo first bloomed in 2005 after a winter where 50% of our daylilies died.  For that reason we can call Where’s Waldo a hardy evergreen.  Where’s Waldo also distinguishes itself with good height, substance, and consistent opening.  An early morning opener, Where’s Waldo is a happy face that greets us every morning during the daylily season.  This flower was named for our miniature schnauzer that tends to disappear when we focus on our daylilies.  $125

seedling from WHERE'S WALDO

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Previous Introductions 

Cantaloupe Stampede

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2008 Tet.  63-17, (Northern Dawn x Forestlake Ragamuffin), 28”, ML, Dor, 5.5”, 2 way branching with 20 buds

Cantaloupe Stampede will make you smile in several ways.  First, the flower is a luscious color and the deeper colored ruffled edge makes this flower standout in the garden.  Second, this flower is for those of us with day jobs in that it opens late and looks fabulous at 6 pm even on a hot day.  Finally, just thinking about a herd of stampeding cantaloupe will bring a smile to your face.  This is a great northern daylily with all the frills of the southern plants.  Named by our son who thought our daylily names were too boring.      $75 single fan

Cooler by the Lake

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2008 Tet.  66-6 ([Magic Amethyst x Tupac Amaru] x August Wedding), 34”, M, Dor, 6”, 2 way branching with 19 buds

Cooler by the Lake is dark lavender with a lighter watermark and lighter edge.  This is another August Wedding introduction that retains its best characteristics (flat opening, hardy, dormant) in a darker color.  Cooler by the Lake is a wonderful garden flower that has consistently lovely flowers.  As a parent, Cooler by the Lake has shown itself to pass on its wonderful characteristics and we are evaluating several potential introductions from Cooler by the Lake.  The name comes from the color and a common phrase along the shores of Lake Michigan.   $125 single fan

seedling from COOLER BY THE LAKE

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Growing in Grace

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2008 Tet.  59-4, (Tet. Lavender Blue Baby x Destined To See), 22”, M, Ev., 5”, 2 way branching with 8-15 buds

Growing in Grace is somewhat tender here and should perform better farther south.  However, the flowers are as blue as we have seen in our garden for a large flower.  Fertile both ways, we expect exciting flowers from this cultivar and we are crossing it with hardy northern plants.    $100 double fan

Heavens Proclaim

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2008 Tet.  73-1, (Julie Newmar x Rapid Eye Movement), 26”, M, Ev, 7”, 2 way branching with 19 buds

When this flower first bloomed in 2004, we knew it was special.  That has been proven ever since with beautiful flowers and stunning seedlings.  Dan Trimmer grew this plant for us and found it worthy of introduction.  Heavens Proclaim grew well in Florida but we needed to test it in Wisconsin.  It survived well and while we recommend mulching Heavens Proclaim, it can be grown in our climate.  In the south, Heavens Proclaim will perform wonderfully with larger edges.  As a breeder, we have been using Heavens Proclaim to set pods with spider pollen and to enhance size on other flowers.   This is an excellent parent for bringing fancy edges to our narrow forms.  $125 double fan

seedlings from HEAVENS PROCLAIM
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Music Monkey

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2008 Tet.  78-1, (Primal Scream x Unending Melody), 31”, M, Dor, 7”, 1 lateral with 15 buds.   Unusual form – twisted crispate

Primal Scream has always been popular in our garden as it has around the country.  Music Monkey rivals Primal Scream for garden impact but in addition to the hot color, Music Monkey includes a red eye and edge.  Music Monkey is producing fun seedlings with wild colors and forms.  $75 single fan very limited

Narrow Road

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2008 Tet.  48-3, (Ron Dunn x Web Browser), 43”, M, Dor, 9”, 4 way branching with 30 buds.  Unusual form – crispate

Always perfect, Narrow Road has great scapes with many flowers during the bloom season.  The only flaw is a lack of pod fertility.  As a pollen parent, we have some nice seedlings from it but Narrow Road stands out as a garden plant and would be a stunning flower on a show scape.  We have grown many red spiders and unusual forms and Narrow Road is the best we have seen in the garden.  One of the best scapes among tall spiders due to the strong scapes that hold the many flowers without flopping.  $75 single fan

Reagan Kate

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2008 Tet.  13-12, (Soft Summer Night x Unending Melody), 34”, M, Dor, 5.5”, 3 way branching with 32 buds

Reagan Kate is an excellent overall plant with a high budcount.  Branching is excellent with widely spaced flowers.  In addition, Reagan Kate combines unique genetics.  Tet Janice Brown is a grandparent on the Soft Summer Night side and Tet. Lavender Blue Baby is a grandparent on the Unending Melody side.  This makes this flower a potential powerhouse for breeding.  Reagan Kate is fertile and we will be using this plant to pass on its great plant habits.  $100 single fan

Tears for Gus

(Korth – P, Korth – L) Tet.  53-7, (Spacecoast Surprise Purple x Lake Effect), 27”, M, Ev, 5”, 2 way branching with 19 buds

Tears for Gus has caused more visitors in our garden to stop and say “Wow” than any other flower.  The bold purple colors and pure white edge make this a stunning flower.  Fabulous flower, great opener, rarely blemished, outstanding parent.  Tears for Gus passes on the white edge to many seedlings.  We have several future introductions from Tears for Gus.  $125 single fan

seedlings from TEARS FOR GUS
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Arnold’s Daughter

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2007 Tet.  69-2, (Destined to See x Arnold Raeker), 34”, EM, Dor, 5.75”, 4 laterals plus top Y, 32 buds

Arnold’s Daughter is a greatly improved version of the wonderful Destined to See.   For northern gardeners, Arnold’s Daughter brings dormancy, excellent scape height with high bud count.   Fertile both ways.  $100 double fan.

Grace Like Rain

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2007 Tet.  50-5, (Unending Melody x Destined to See), 30”, M, Sev, 5.5”, 4 way branching with 22 buds

A lovely flower marked for introduction in its first year.  Grace Like Rain has beautiful form, good opening ability and nice scapes.  Genetics combine Tet Lavender Blue Baby through Unending Melody and the lovely Destined to See.  The cool lavender color reminds us of rain and the graceful form catches the eye.   $75 double fan

Instant Celebration

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2007 Tet.  51-11, (Celebration of Angels x Rapid Eye Movement), 33”, EM, Dor, 5”, 5 way branching with 25 buds

From southern parents comes a dramatically colored daylily that has proven hardy here (as opposed to both parents).  Near white with a black purple eye and edge, this flower has a lot of competition in its color class.  However, at our garden, Instant Celebration stood out for its hardiness, scapes, vigor, and its flawless flowers.  Excellent rebloom when established.  $25 double fan

Purify My Heart

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2007 Tet.  44-10, (Heron’s Cove x Palace Garden Beauty), 33”, ML, Dor, 5”, 5 way branching with 28 buds

Purify My Heart has impressed our garden visitors and our customers with its unique look and excellent performance.  While the “pink eyed/pink edged” southern daylilies have died here in northern Wisconsin, Purify My Heart thrives.  The petal color is near white, setting Purify My Heart apart from other pink eyed daylilies that are cream to yellow in petal color.  A fine parent for fancy northern daylilies.   $75

Ruby Shadows

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2007 Tet.  74-2, (Dan Mahony x Rapid Eye Movement), 33”, EM, Dor, 5”, 5 way branching with 25 buds

Ruby Shadows has consistent performance and beauty.  During 2007, this flower impressed us again with great scapes – some with over 40 buds.   Ruby Shadows is excellent for hardiness, branching, bud count, good opener, vigor.  $50

Northern Splendor

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2007 Tet.  63-9, (Northern Dawn x August Wedding), 34”, M, Dor, 5.5”, 5 way branching with 28 buds.

The first introduction from Northern Dawn, Northern Splendor surpasses its maternal parent with larger flowers, wider petals, and greater bud count.  With August Wedding as the pollen parent, Northern Splendor is a combination of two of our finest introductions.  Fertile both ways, Northern Splendor is a fine parent as well as a great garden plant.  $50                                                                                   

Pleasing to the Eye

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2007 Tet.  52-3, (Delta Blues x Destined To See), 30”, EM, Sev, 5”, 3 way branching with 18 buds

This flower is a cream with a dark lavender eye.  The eye is complex with varied shades of lavender and blue.  We enjoy the patterned eye daylilies but most struggle to open well (such as Delta Blues).   Pleasing to the Eye is a break through flower for us because it is a better opener than other complex eyed flowers we have been using in our hybridizing program.  $25

Face Dancer

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2007 Tet.  28-2, (Canadian Border Patrol x Arnold Raeker), 31”, EM, Dor, 5.5”, 4 way branching with 16 buds

Face Dancer is an unusual flower.  The early blooms have extra petal material along the mid-rib (ruching) as shown above left.  As the season progresses, later blooms lose the ruching.  This phenomenon is rare in our northern garden.  $25

Glory on High

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2006 Tet.  2-36-1, (Wedding Band x Spacecoast Starburst), 38”, M, Sev, 5”, 2 way branching with 15 buds

Glory on High sells itself in the garden with its consistent beauty and distinctive look.  Fertile, it has produced lovely “edge – no eye” seedlings.   $50.

Northern Dawn

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2006 Tet.  2-3-1, (Spacecoast Fancy Dancer x Enchanted April), 35”, M, Dor, 5”, 2 way branching with 18 buds

Northern Dawn was one of our first flowers from our basement hybridizing efforts.  As a parent, Northern Dawn has been one of our best and very versatile.    $25

August Wedding

(Korth – P, L) 2005 Tet.  2-1-1, (Magic Amethyst x Forsyth Comanche), 30”, M, Dor, 5.75”, 2 - way branching with 20 buds, fragrant

August Wedding is an outstanding garden flower with many of our customers verifying its beauty and easy opening ability.  August Wedding has a flat form early in the morning and opens well after a cool evening.  The 3.5 inch wide petals roll back and have a ruffled gold edge.  Extremely fragrant.  As a breeder, August Wedding combines the wonderful Magic Amethyst with the Tet. Siloam Ralph Henry genetics through Forsyth Comanche.  One of our most used parents, the seedlings have been a joy in the garden.  $100

Eternal Glory

(Korth – P, L) 2005 Tet.  2-3-3, (Spacecoast Fancy Dancer x Magic Amethyst), 32”, M, Dor, 6”, 2 - way branching with 25 buds, fragrant

Eternal Glory has shown itself to be a great northern garden flower.  Hardiness, substance, consistency, and flat opening are its best features.  As a parent, it has given us Heir to the Throne among other wonderful seedlings.  $75

Hawaiian Dancer

(Korth – P, L) 2005 Tet.  (Strawberry Candy x Spacecoast Fancy), 29”, EM, Ev, 5”, 2 - way branching with 18 buds, fragrant

Hawaiian Dancer has grown on us as a star performer in the garden.  It is our most reliable rebloomer and one of the most consistent flowers in the garden.  Fertile both ways, it bred a wonderful dormant seedling 710-2 below.  $25

seedling from HAWAIIAN DANCER

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Arrakis Sunset

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2007 Tet.  71-1, (Liz Moldovan x Janet Benz), 36”, M, Dor, 5”, 2 way branching with 19 buds

Arrakis Sunset is a clear, hot orange with red/orange eye zone and a hit with garden visitors.  We have found it to be a good parent for hot colors and red eyes.  Fertile both ways.  Arrakis is the desert planet with furnace like temperatures in the science fiction series “Dune.” Arrakis Sunset is a fitting name for this hot colored flower.    $50

Elijah’s Taxi

(Korth – P, Korth – L) Tet.  71-2, (Liz Moldovan x Janet Benz), 35”, M, Dor, 5”, 2 way branching with 13 buds

A full sib to Arrakis Sunset, Elijah’s Taxi is a much larger flower, more ruffled and often displays a narrow white edge.  Fertile both ways and has produced intensely colored seedlings.    $50

Shining Like the Son

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2007 Tet.  68-7, (August Wedding x Upon This Rock), 31”, EM, Dor, 5”, 5 way branching with 34 buds  Fertile both ways

This flower is our first introduction from two of our best 2005 introductions making it truly a Pinewood Gardens original.  The flower is lovely, opens early, lasts all day, and has great texture that holds up to all weather conditions.  Even on the hottest days it just glowed in the garden.  $100 single fan

Stumbling Stone

(Korth – P, Korth – L) Tet.  66-2, (Seedling x Upon This Rock), 35”, EM, Dor, 5.5”, 5 way branching with 30 buds

Stumbling Stone received its name because of the struggles we had over naming this wonderful flower.  Stumbling Stone is a rosy lavender with a consistent gold edge and lighter colored sepals.  The mature fans are huge and scapes have up to 40 buds.  When blooming in a clump, the bi-tone flowers are eye-catching.  $75

Wonderfully Made

(Korth – P, Korth – L) 2007 Tet.  57-1, (Sabine Baur x Monterrey Jack), 23”, EM, Dor, 5.5”, 4 way branching with 17 buds (much higher bud count – 25+ - in 2008)

This flower was named for its consistently perfect flowers.  The intense contrast between the dark purple eye and the cream white petal makes this a standout in the garden.  It makes a great border plant.  The petals and sepals have nice ruffling which gives this flower a finished look.      $50

Sales Information

Pinewood Gardens ships its plants beginning in late April within the US.  Our plants are grown outdoors and we often have snow covered propagation beds in April so we are not able to ship earlier than late April most years.  We accept payment by check or money order. 

The 2009 collection of 12 plants is priced at $1,300 (a savings of $350) plus free shipping.  New this year are two special collections of our prior introductions. 

Shipping is free for all collections.  Other orders will have shipping starting at $12 for one to two plants with $0.50 per plant over 2 plants. 

Canadian Sales
We are pleased that our sales to Canadian customers have increased significantly the last few years.  To better accommodate Canadian customers, we have two shipping options available.  We will be able to distribute our plants through Betty Fretz at Floral and Hardy Nursery.  For Canadian customers, that means reduced shipping costs and no expensive phyto certificates for plants crossing the US border.  Payment for our plants will be handled through Betty.  Place your orders with Betty at the information shown below.  However, if you prefer to have plants delivered directly from Pinewood Gardens, you can contact us for shipping costs.  A phyto certificate is $50 with shipping $25 and up depending on the shipment size. 

Betty Fretz
Floral and Hardy
6729 Leslie Lane
Moorefield ON N0G 2K0
phone 519-638-3937 fax 519-638-2348