Daylilies

Daylilies are truly low-maintenance perennials. They are almost entirely free of disease and insect pests, need infrequent division, grow in full sun to partial shade, grow in diverse soil types and are drought tolerant. Daylilies have a long season of bloom, from late May to hard frost. Combining daylily varieties with varying bloom periods can supplement your perennial border all summer.

HARDY NEW ENGLAND BRED VARIETIES: At Tranquil Lake Nursery we are dedicated to offering hardy, quality perennials. Our growing fields display the latest creations by many fine daylily hybridizers. We also introduce exceptional daylilies from many talented New England breeders. Our long time customers will recognize the names of some of these hybridizers from whom we introduce new plants. Barth from Maine and Savolainen, Pride, Rose, Sobek, Marvin and Lachman of Massachusetts are creators of many exceptional and enduring daylily cultivars. Their beauty, unique qualities and rareness are reflected in the daylily's initial introduction price. However, we have one standard for daylilies. Is it a fine variety? If it is, we want it for our customers, regardless of its age or price. Our catalog reflects this diversity. We offer daylilies with round flowers and pleated ruffles, such as the spectacular "Golden Cameo" (Lachman). We also grow elegant and fragrant flowered species and hybrids that reflect simple yet graceful form, like "Hanna Jane (Barth). We grow "oldies but goodies" such as "Autumn Minaret", introduced by Stout in 1951 and still an extraordinary late-garden standout.

Daylilies have many bloom characteristics that attract the gardener's interest, perhaps the most striking is their color. Their diversity in hue, tint and pattern includes beautiful combinations in colors from near-white to almost black-red. The only color not represented is true blue, although there are alluring shades of lavender. 

NOCTURNAL DAYLILIES. Nocturnal daylilies are those varieties that open in the late afternoon or early evening. Most nocturnal daylilies will stay open until mid-afternoon of the following day. If you normally see your garden only in the evening, these daylilies can let you see the fresh blossoms that many gardeners enjoy first thing in the morning. Pale colors such as the cream-yellow "Cheerful Note" (Woods) illuminate the evening garden. We have noted nocturnal daylilies in our descriptions.

REBLOOM. Some daylilies have the genetic programming to permit them to bloom more than once each growing season. The "Stella" family are champs at this, sending up more flower stalks until frost if they are happy with sun, soil and water conditions. Many other cultivars will rebloom, giving color in the late-season garden. We try to include with the description of each daylily, its history of rebloom with us.

Our on-line catalog offers a variety of daylilies by name or by characteristic.  There are lists divided by color, flower size, height, season of bloom, or by characteristics such as fragrance, nocturnal blooming, double flowered, spider flowered or eyed daylilies. We also offer a lists of daylilies by the New England Breeders described above.  We hope these separated lists will help you to find that special plant for your garden.  Each las color pictures along with the description of the daylily.  Click here to see the many lists available.

We ship healthy double-fan divisions or clumps (4-5 fans), unless other- wise indicated. Occasionally, low stock varieties and some new introductions will be shipped as single fans. Our guarantee still applies.

Tranquil Lake Nursery is the largest grower of daylilies and Siberian and Japanese Iris in the northeastern United States. Visitors are always welcome to stroll through the display gardens and more than 10 acres of growing fields. It's a wonderful opportunity to pick out favorite colors, shapes and sizes from the more than 2,500 cultivars of daylilies and 200 cultivars each of Siberian and Japanese Iris. Tranquil Lake Nursery is one of the seventeen test sites selected by the All American Daylily Selection Council. Daylilies are tested to select those cultivars that will perform best for home gardeners and commercial growers.

Tranquil Lake Nursery is also a Regional Daylily Display Garden for the American Hemerocallis (daylily) Society. The regional display gardens provide opportunities for gardeners to see large numbers of daylily hybrids near their own garden growing under similar climatic conditions. Among our more than 2,500 daylilies are the latest introductions as well as the best of the older cultivars.