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US Plant Patent PP12504

Colorburst Cherry

Calibrachoa plant named ‘Colorburst Cherry’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 21, 2019. 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 4 of US plant patent PP12504, the photograph of Colorburst Cherry printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12504, 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
PP12504
Filed
September 21, 1999
Granted
April 2, 2002
Expires
September 21, 2019
Assignee
SAKATA SEED CORP
Inventor
BESSHO MASAO; OHGA TOSHIMI

Abstract

A new Calibrachoa plant which combines a unique flower color, and a slightly mounding, vigorous growth habit with moderate branching. The plant grows vigorously, branches only moderately, and is appropriate as a hanging basket. Its flowers are funnel-shaped. The petals are united and each has a fissure and a slight indent. The flowers are axillary and solitary. Fully-opened flowers have a diameter between 2.6-3.2 cm. The throat and limbs of the petals are burgundy red (R.H.S. 64A red-purple group). The tube is light yellow (R.H.S. 9A). The plant is very resistant to rain, heat and drought. The plant grows and flowers best under low soil pH conditions (pH 5-6). Typically, flowers will stay open all day and night.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Calibrachoa plant as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12504 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.