Hey, I tried out the link Sue gave, and I really liked it. Find the "Find it Fast" header, select "Patents", and click on PatFT. It'll give you a little box to type the name or part of the name in, and it will list any patents with the what you typed in.
I was curious, though, what happens when a daylily is registered by one name but is marketed by another name. A popular plant available at some box stores or garden centers is Early Bird Cardinal. Well, when you buy it, unless you know better, that's the only name you know. But Early Bird Cardinal is actually registered with the AHS as Endless Heart. Well, turns out if the tag you have on the plant says Early Bird Cardinal and you look that up, you won't get a hit on the patent search. You have to search by the name registered with the AHS in this case, Endless Heart.
So I guess my suggestion is to do both Vickie's suggestion and Sue's:
1. Vickie: "verify the names with the American Hemerocallis Society's database to make sure that the names of your daylilies have been registered."
2. Sue's link to check for patents on the verified names
...if you can't find the name either place, maybe come back here to see if we know it.
