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. INVITATION TO IMMORTALITY
(Kirchhoff) 30" E Re Ex Ev 6" Glorious burgundy with alluring
overtones of blue and subtle hints of chocolate fire the complex color
of this sensational new red. Its watermark halo is shades of garnet,
ruby and ripe cherry. The color's intensity and beauty, the extraordinary
width of petals, the super long season, and the well branched scapes
combine to near perfection . The small green throat outlined in yellow,
sets the flower off spectacularly. The form is full and round. The 3"
wide petals have piecrust to looping, ruffled edges. Texture is smooth.
Blooms hold well in our bright sun. Possibly the red of 2001. The scapes
have three - five way branching and are strongly recurrent. Fine parent.
Fertile both ways.
(Crimson Wind X Maria Callas)