David’s first cross was in 1958, and his love of daylilies continues unabated. He is perhaps best known for his red and double flowered cultivars, although his two Lennington All American daylilies - MING PORCELAIN and CHORUS LINE were shades of pink. His two Stout Medal award winners – BETTY WOODS, the first double ever to win is a golden yellow, as is his single flowered, BILL NORRIS. David eagerly anticipates the challenge of growing and hybridizing daylilies for northern hardiness. 
Mort Morss began hybridizing daylilies in 1971, and his cultivars are very popular and widely grown. His award winning, first introduction, was named INNER VIEW and it helped launch the popularity of patterned daylilies. Mort’s Lennington All American Award winning PAPER BUTTERFLY was the first widely acclaimed cultivar with a patterned eyezone. His unwavering pursuit of excellence in the realm of patterned flowers has resulted in a disproportionately large percentage of the most coveted patterned eyes and edges by cutting edge hybridizers world wide. The popularity of his cultivars is such that they usually sell out soon after they are offered and are beloved throughout the world. BLUES AVENUE*
(Morss) 2005 30" EE Re Ex Ev 5".
Line bred for generations from the genesis of Mort's lines of patterned
(with dreams of blue) eyezones, BLUES AVENUE breaks the mold into exciting
new directions. If PAPER BUTTERFLY were a novelty (when it first appeared),
then BLUES AVENUE is too. Folks stop to admire the pastel orchid flowers
with patterned eyezones of lavender (towards blue) outlined in shades
of violet and purple. The petals edges are outlined in violet and gold.
On its final sets of rebloom (when temperatures are their hottest), BLUES
AVENUE often displays varying combinations of raised midribs and what
we are calling cloak-and-dagger style forms. It is an easy parent of patterned
eyes and cloak and dagger forms are showing up as well. Well branched,
strongly recurrent scapes. Fertile both ways.
