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US Plant Patent PP14841

Just Plum Happy

Daylily plant named ‘Just Plum Happy’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 15, 2023. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14841, the photograph of Just Plum Happy printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14841, 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
PP14841
Filed
September 15, 2003
Granted
June 1, 2004
Expires
September 15, 2023
Inventor
APPS DARREL A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hemerocallis cultivar of the dormant type named 'Just Plum Happy' is provided. The new cultivar is very floriferous and forms attractive multi-colored blossoms over an extended period of time that commonly beings during mid- to late-June and commonly ends during mid-October in U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone No. 6. The blossoms are bright flesh pink with a dark purple eye and a picotee edge. 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 plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms attractive bright flesh pink flowers with a dark purple eye and a picotee edge having substantial substance and a recurved funnel form, (b) possesses a long blooming season with multiple repeat 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; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14841 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.