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. MARY LOIS BURGESS
(Kirchhoff) 28" EM Re Ex Sev 5". This beautiful new daylily
is named for a fine gardener and daylily connoisseur, from Covington,
GA. Her beautiful garden is named the Alcovy Daylily Farm where she
and her husband, Jesse, grow a huge modern daylily collection to near-perfection.
Its color is lavender rose pink with a deeper halo and yellow to green
throat. A lovely, full, petaloid style double and an EMO, the extra
petaloids are prominently sculptured and provide wonderful extra puffs
of color. Grace Stamile declared it her favorite double while visiting
in 1998. The texture is smooth and the color and substance hold well
in the sun. The flowers finish the day with undiminished beauty. Scapes
are very well branched and strongly recurrent. Pollen is fertile. Pods
reluctant.
[(Seedling X Tet Siloam Double Classic)] 99% double.