US Plant Patent PP7297
Agapanthus ellamae plant
Agapanthus ellamae plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 21, 2009. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP7297
- Filed
- February 21, 1989
- Granted
- August 14, 1990
- Expires
- February 21, 2009
Abstract
An Agapanthus ellamae plant which is defined by its exceptional vigor and having large heads of dark blue-violet flowers on scapes well exceeding the relatively compact foliage and, when in flower, will reach an overall height of 14.3 dm, which is taller than commonly found in other types of agapanthus plants, with numerous leaves that are united at the base into a short pseudo-stem with the leaves being formed having closely spaced veins about 2 mm apart near the center of the leaves which are thick-textured but pliable and reach a maximum length of 6.5 dm having a width of 4 to 5 cm.
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 variety of Agapanthus plant substantially as shown and described characterized by its ability to reach a height of 14.3 dm when in flower which includes slender glaucesent scapes that reach to a maximum height of 12 dm having a hardy upright growth habit along with prominent dark blue-violet flowers being slightly zygomorphic from the cylindrical base and with each flower being composed of six segments arranged in two whorls of three defined by a narrower outer pair, wherein the flowers range from 3.3 to 3.8 cm long and 3.5 to 3.9 cm across at the apex when fully expanded, with leaves being formed having veins closely spaced about 2 mm apart near the center of the leaves which are thick-textured but pliable and reach a maximum length of 6.5 dm having a width of 4 to 5 cm.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7297 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.