Welcome to the country home of Dick and Karol Emmerich, and Karol's daylily farm. We’re located about 30 miles southwest of Minneapolis on top of a wind-swept hill. As such, we experience cold Zone 4 temperatures, usually with little to no snow cover.
Karol’s goal is to produce cutting edge, northern hardy daylilies which: PICTURES OF ALL SPRINGWOOD INTRODUCTIONS PDF
DAYLILY NAMES – Producing beautiful plants with inspiring names is the reason Karol started hybridizing. She tries hard to match the name with the face and plant habit. Many of the names have multiple meanings, ranging from serious to playful. Click on the link to see what’s behind the name of each new introduction.
The greenhouse seedlings pictured above have all been moved outside for testing. Some have already been introduced, some will be introduced in the near future (see POSSIBLE FUTURE INTRODUCTIONS link above), some are still being watched, and some have been moved into the display area (budcount is too low to introduce, but the faces are too beautiful to part with). However, most of them are just a nice memory, as they failed to meet all of the criteria for selection as an introduction. I like to call this latter group "performance art". I was able to experience their amazing beauty in person for at least a short while, and am able to share that with others because of the digital camera.
Interested in learning more about Karol’s hybridizing program? See this youtube link for her most recent presentation. Daylily Hybridizing With Karol Emmerich 3 12 2022 Cut - YouTube Also see Prairie Yard & Garden: Daylilies - YouTube for a 30 minute interview of Karol by Prairie Yard and Garden, which focuses more specifically on hybridizing. To see what is going on currently in the garden, check out her personal Facebook page during bloom season. For information on all aspects of daylilies, from choosing them to caring for them to creating new ones, you are encouraged to join the Facebook group called Discovering Daylilies where she is one of the content creators and moderators.
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