Visitors are always welcome to our zone 4 gardens. Peak bloom is around July 15. Please call to make arrangements in advance.

Welcome to Timbercreek Garden, an AHS National Display Garden, the garden of Don Lovell, Marshalltown, Iowa. Timbercreek is a small one man garden that has evolved from a hobby into hopefully a business adventure.

The focus of this garden is on hardy northern daylilies that survive the zone 4 enviroment without a lot of pampering. All the plants shown here represent just that.

MABEL WINEGAR

Lovell '04 TET Dor. 26" 6" bloom 20 bud count 4 way branching fast increaser, fertile both ways, nice foliage. This plant sends up a second set of scapes while in the middle of blooming the first set. For the last three seasons on the mature clump it has sent up yet another scape that bloomed until frost. Three sets of scapes in Zone 4. Single Fan $100

PEPPERMINT ICE

Lovell '04 Dip Hardy Sem Ev 22" 5" bloom 2 way branching 15 buds fertile both ways, very fast increaser, good foliage. This is a mutation in nature, creating a flower with stripes in the bloom. It really is a hybridizers plant as it has several flaws as you can tell from the bud count and branching. I have several F2 kids that are correcting this problem. Very unusual. Double Fan $50

After ten years of hybridizing there have been a several lines of daylilies that are unique. This would be one of the goals from my program, to make available something that no one else is offering. All these plants have been grown outside.

The collection has grown from a few hundred to multiple thousands, now mostly seedlings, selected plants, future introductions and introductions from Timbercreek. There has never been rust here and there has been no spraying for it. I hope you enjoy the first batch of pictures and if there are any questions please feel free to call or email. Due to the fact that it is zone 4, the propagation is very slow, thus most are very limited.

TIMBERCREEK ACE

Lovell '04 Dip Dor 26" 5.5 bloom 4 to 5 way branching 20+ bud count good increaser, nice foliage fertile booth ways. This flower opens as close to black as I have seen. It has a very velvety texture and is sun fast. It reblooms in zone 4 and is proving to be a very good parent. Double fan $75

HILTON MAGIC

Lovell 04 Dip Dor 24" 6" bloom 20 buds 3 way branching fertile both ways, midseason. This red and yellow 6 inch bloom just screams at you from the garden, making it very hard to pass up. This plant prolifes on just about every scape. Nice foliage. Double fan $50