Sadly, Brooke lost her life as a result of an automobile accident on a wet road, and one of her friends wanted to honor Brooke, and asked if I would use her name with one of my 2011 introductions. Of course, I said "yes." There are four significant and important factors that make BROOKE'S BRIGHT STAR to be much more than simply another yellow daylily. The first important fact is that it is 7 inches in diameter. The second important fact is that it has beautiful carving on the face of its petals. The third important fact is that it has wide ruffled edges that emanate from J. T. Davis, one of the parents of Diana's Evening Gown. The fourth very significant point is that BROOKE'S BRIGHT STAR is dormant. I would note that BROOKE'S BRIGHT STAR does not grow well in the Greenhouse; it likes the cold winter nights that prepare it for outstanding summer blooms. I must say that it is difficult to produce such a big, bold daylily, that is dormant. Nevertheless this has been accomplished. How do you like the small measuring device that I used to actually show the circumference of BROOKE'S BRIGHT STAR? Pod and Pollen fertile.