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. GENTLE BONNIE SMITH
(Kirchhoff) 28" EE Re Ex Sev 6 ¾". The colors are
delicate, dancing, like lemonade-to-cream-blushed-peach clouds, haloed
in pink and punctuated by yellow to green throats. Truly, this is among
the loveliest early pastel daylilies, an early morning opener, and the
first large-flower of the season. The blooms are just as beautiful on
the fourth set of rebloom scapes as the first. The color and substance
remain crisp throughout the day. The form is circular, extremely full
and widespread, displaying three and one half inch wide, round, overlapped,
and lightly ruffled petals to perfection. The strongly recurrent scapes
have 3-5 way branching, and hold 30 or more buds. It is both pod and
pollen fertile and a fine parent. Selected by Mary Joyce Andrews from
Panama City, FL, whose mother, known to all as Gentle Bonnie Smith,
didn't make her traditional trek to Daylily World this year. We missed
her cheer and hope she'll be visiting again soon.
(Big Doc x Seedling) X [(Seedling x Brown Eyed Girl) x (Seedling x Tet
Elsie Spalding)]. JC AHS 2000.