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GENERAL INFORMATION Springwood Gardens is a family-owned mail order nursery which specializes in breeding fancy, northern hardy, tetraploid daylilies with great color, many of which have proven to be outstanding breeders.
Each order is important, and I personally choose each plant to be shipped. Plants are state-inspected. Shipping is by priority mail from March 15 to June 30 (although if I have time to ship after that I will). Shipping is $10 plus $1 per plant. U.S shipments only. My goal is to send double fans or very large singles whenever I can, but how fast they increase is dependent on how much sun we get over the winter. In any event, I promise you will be happy with the size of your order as a whole. All Springwood introductions have been grown and tested outside before selection. They are not babied or given special care. They are planted on top of a cold, windswept hill with almost no snow cover. The ground around the daylilies is covered with a couple of inches of hardwood bark for weed control. They are given an inch of water a week during the growing season and no fertilizer. During bloom season, nights are typically in the 60’s and days in the 80’s and 90’s, but in making evaluations, I watch carefully how the flowers open when temps are in the 50’s. Introductions are lined out in the greenhouse in the summer (and grown in the ground in raised beds), enabling you to receive large, high quality, blooming size plants when it’s most convenient for you in the spring. I recognize that not everyone is enamored of plants grown in greenhouses, but in our climate it’s the only way I’m able to ship before early June! Bloom occurs in April and May in the greenhouse, and it is likely you will receive a plant that has already scaped. Most buyers report first year bloom (and often rebloom) on the majority of their plants, although not usually in sync with their peak bloom time. Northerners will find that their plants will re-establish more quickly if they request delivery after the soil has warmed up in their area and after hard frosts are expected.
SPECIAL PRICING Order the entire 2012 collection of 12 plants ($1,475 catalogue value) for $1,175 plus $22 shipping. Extra special pricing for club orders for auctions or “baby-sitting” plants.
GUARANTEE Springwood Gardens’ introductions are guaranteed for a year in zone 4 and higher if grown in normal garden conditions (e.g. grown in the ground rather than in pots, not in standing water, watered as needed, soil not overly compacted); that bark or other mulch is put around the plants to keep the roots cool and moist (no extra winter mulching needed); and that they’re not divided when first received or during the first year. (Note: it’s best to avoid dividing or transplanting daylilies when they are stressed by high temps or drought, and northerners report better success dividing daylilies in spring or early summer, rather than in the fall.) VISITORS Peak bloom outside is usually late July to mid August; peak bloom in the greenhouse is usually mid-April to late May. The greenhouse and garden are open by appointment any time of the day to members of daylily clubs. Garden clubs, seniors groups, church groups, etc. are welcome to visit the garden by appointment (and if time, I will do a formal tour for groups of 8-10 or more). |
