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US Plant Patent PP13223

Apricot Sparkles

Daylily plant named ‘Apricot Sparkles’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 13, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 15, 2021. This patent earned 29 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13223, the photograph of Apricot Sparkles printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13223, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP13223
Filed
March 15, 2001
Granted
November 12, 2002
Expires
April 13, 2021
Inventor
APPS DARREL A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hemerocallis hybrid cultivar of the dormant type named "Apricot Sparkles' is provided. The new cultivar is very floriferous and forms attractive apricot colored blossoms with diamond dusting over an extended period of time that begins during late May to early June and commonly ends during late September to early October in U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone No. 7A. The plant readily forms new fans (plants) and readily forms a number of scapes per fan. The new cultivar is particularity 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 hybrid plant of the dormant type, substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) forms attractive apricot colored flowers with diamond dusting whereby the blooms glisten and sparkle in the sunlight and have substantial substance and a flat slightly recurved form, (b) displays a long blooming season with substantially continuous blooming, (c) exhibits a propensity to readily form a plurality of fans, and (d) readily forms a plurality of scapes per fan over the

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