Welcome to Quarles Daylilies
We are located in the heart of Bluegrass Country, near the Saddlebred Capital of the World. We’re nestled conveniently between Lexington and Louisville just a few miles off Interstate 64.
We’re a diversified family farm raising daylilies, Simmental/Angus cross cattle, vegetables and kids. The vegetables are marketed at our local Farmer’s Markets in the form of fresh produce, breads and cakes and this coming year in the form of salsas, pickled vegetables, jams and chutneys. You’ll see our children helping out wherever they’re needed, from the hayfield to waiting on customers in the daylily field or at the markets. There’s not much they can’t or won’t attempt to do.
We grow all types of daylilies: spiders, full forms, unusual forms, doubles, eyes and edges. You’ll find newer introductions from Stamile, Salter, Kinnebrew, Petit, Carr, Rice and others as well as older award winning favorites on our sales list. We offer over 50 Munson cultivars for those intrigued with the Munson legacy. We currently carry over 1300 cultivars and make more additions each year.
Our plant are field grown in unamended soil with little or no mulch. We do this mainly to weed out the poor performers. We don’t have the time or interest in babying a plant. If they don’t bloom well, increase at a reasonable rate and thrive for us then we don’t need to sell them to you. We want you to be satisfied with the way our plants grow in your garden.
Last year we added the gallery to our website with over 600 pictures of our plants. This year we’ve added more pictures to our gallery. They aren’t “fancy” pictures but pictures of daylilies in their “work clothes” There may be a foot or hand here and there in the background so pay no attention to that!
Last year was a little rough. We started March with an extremely warm spell and began the first week of April with 20 degree temperatures. Blocks of daylilies looked like someone had hosed them with scalded water. They grew out just in time to be greeted with a severe lack of water. We watered them just enough to ensure blooms for our customers at open gardens and then they were on their own. All things considered I think they came through a significant drought in pretty darned good shape once again affirming my belief that daylilies are probably some of the toughest plants around.
We are a state inspected nursery selling healthy, true to name daylilies. We sell double fans and many times, on older varieties, you will get multiple fans. We intend to be as generous as possible. All plants are dug by me or the kids, washed and packed with care. We want to ship divisions that you will be happy to receive.
If you’re coming through Kentucky please stop by and see us. We’re located about 8 miles off I-64 at Exit 43, which is the Waddy exit. Our Open Gardens will start June 13th and run through July 20th Friday-Sundays from 10-5. If you’re in the neighborhood at other times please give us a call before dropping in just to make sure somebody’s going to be around.
We truly appreciate and thank our repeat customers and those new ones we had the pleasure of serving. We hope our service and quality of plants met your expectations. As always, your satisfaction with our plants is our utmost priority.
We had a wonderful time in the garden with folks this year, had great e-mail conversations and talked to lots of delightful folks by phone. We hope you all enjoyed your experience as much as we did. If you see something here that interests you, give us a call. If you’re in the area during bloom season or any other time for that matter, stop in and see us! We’d love to have you.
Janet Quarles