US Plant Patent PP9779
Rosy Returns
Daylily named `Rosy Returns`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 6, 2015. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP9779
- Filed
- November 6, 1995
- Granted
- January 7, 1997
- Expires
- November 6, 2015
- Assignee
- CENTERTON NURSERY INC
- Inventor
- APPS DARREL A
Abstract
A new and distinct Hemerocallis cultivar of the dormant type named `Rosy Returns` is provided. The new cultivar is very floriferous and forms attractive rose-pink blossoms over an extended period of time that commonly begins during late May to early June and commonly ends during late September to early October in Zone No. 6. The new plant readily forms fans and readily forms a number of scapes per fan. The new cultivar is particularly well suited for growing as distinctive colorful ornamentation in the landscape.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hemerocallis of the dormant type, substantially as herein shown and described, which (a) forms attractive rose-pink flowers having a substantial substance and a flat form, (b) possesses a long blooming season with substantially continuous blooming, (c) exhibits a propensity to readily display a plurality of fans, and (d) readily forms a plurality of scapes per fan over the flowering season.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9779 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.