US Plant Patent PP28643
Orange Smoothie
Hemerocallis plant named ‘Orange Smoothie’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends June 4, 2036.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 22, 2036. This patent earned 74 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP28643
- Filed
- March 22, 2016
- Granted
- November 14, 2017
- Expires
- June 4, 2036
- Assignee
- WALTERS GARDENS INC, MEYER CHRIS
- Inventor
- MEYER CHRIS
Abstract
A new and distinct Hemerocallis plant named ‘Orange Smoothie’ characterized by winter-hardy compact habit with clean medium-green foliage that goes dormant in the winter; rounded, fragrant, single flowers of orange-mango-colored base with light rose eye, pink midrib and light green throat; tepals with consistent and considerable wavy margins and recurved at apex giving more color from flower backside; scapes of up to 60 cm tall with four-way branching and 32 flowers beginning about mid-July and with repeating scapes through summer for about seven weeks.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct ornamental daylily plant named Hemerocallis ‘Orange Smoothie’ as herein described and illustrated.
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