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. PLEATS AND PUCKERS
Rice-Morss. 28'' L FR RE EX SEV 6'' x 3 1/4'' x 2''. Some few years
ago, a young horticulturalist named John Rice, of Thoroughbred Daylilies,
shared seed from promising state-of-the-art daylily parents with myriad
denizens of daylilydom, near and far. This extraordinary frilled flower
is a lemon yellow pastel with a peach overlay in the halo area. The
peach halo looks appliquéd (if not embossed) above the yellow
throat and chartreuse heart. It is a most exceptional one of more than
2000 seedlings shared by John. The hallmark of this opulently formed
daylily is the deeply articulated, ornate edging laced with piecrust
and pleated looping ruffles. Texture is smooth, and the substance and
color hold extremely well in the very hottest sun. Strongly recurrent
scapes. Difficult pods, powerful pollen. Supply is very limited. (IDA'S
MAGIC X DECATUR ARISTOCRAT). $150.00