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. MERITAGE
(Kirchhoff) 32" EM Re Ex Ev 5 ½"-6" Meritage (rhymes with heritage) is a word the California wine people made up a few years back to name a wonderful red wine blend. This new red is a rich wine color with a lighter watermark and yellow to green throat. In 1997 we considered Meritage to be our best wine red of the year. Its superior beauty cannot be denied when given light shade. Moderately sunfast substance and color. The form is very full, with wide overlapped segments. Petals are up to 3" wide. Scapes are strongly recurrent with up to 4 way branching and many buds. Fine parent, easy pollen, difficult pods. (Kent's Favorite Two x Vintage Bordeaux) X Dragon King