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US Plant Patent PP17164

Going Bananas

Hemerocallis plant named ‘Going Bananas’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 24, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 27, 2025. This patent earned 58 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17164, the photograph of Going Bananas printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17164, 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
PP17164
Filed
September 27, 2005
Granted
October 24, 2006
Expires
November 24, 2025
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC
Inventor
MEYER CHRIS

Abstract

A new and distinct Daylily plant named ‘Going Bananas’ characterized by full, light-yellow, fragrant flowers, on compact plants that bloom for at least 16 weeks during the growing season and are suitable for landscape or potted culture use.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Daylily plant named ‘Going Bananas’ as herein described and illustrated, with fragrant light yellow flowers on compact plants for an extended period, suitable as a potted plant or garden landscaping.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17164 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.