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US Plant Patent PP13480

When My Sweetheart Returns

Daylily plant named ‘When My Sweetheart Returns’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 14, 2021. 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 PP13480, the photograph of When My Sweetheart Returns printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13480, 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
PP13480
Filed
September 14, 2001
Granted
January 14, 2003
Expires
September 14, 2021
Assignee
CT TON NURSERY INC
Inventor
APPS DARREL A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hemerocallis cultivar of the dormant type named ‘When My Sweetheart Returns’ is provided. The new cultivar is very floriferous and forms attractive light creamy-lemon blossoms with a rose-colored eye over an extended period of time that commonly begins during mid-June and commonly ends during early to mid-October in USDA Hardiness Zone No. 7. 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 of the dormant type, substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) Forms attractive light creamy-lemon flowers having a rose-colored eye zone, 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, and (d) Readily forms a plurality of scapes per fan over the flowering season.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13480 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.