Blazing Returns

Blazing Returns

Daylily plant named ‘Blazing Returns’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 12, 2036.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28560, the photograph of Blazing Returns printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28560, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct Hemerocallis cultivar of the semi-evergreen type is provided. The new cultivar is very floriferous and forms attractive ruffled red flowers displaying substantial substance, and a tunnel-shaped form over an extended period of time. In U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone No. 6, blooming commonly begins during late June and commonly ends in mid-September. The new cultivar displays a plurality of fans and a plurality of scapes per fan. In excess of 15 buds commonly are formed per scape. The new cultivar is 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 plant of the semi-evergreen type, which: (a) forms attractive ruffled red flowers having substantial substance, and a funnel-shaped form, (b) possesses a long blooming season with substantially continuous blooming, (c) exhibits a propensity to readily display a plurality of fans, (d) readily forms a plurality of scapes per fan over the flowering season, and (e) produces a plurality of buds on each scape; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28560 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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