US Plant Patent PP9440
Heather
Chrysanthemum plant named `Heather`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 30, 2014. 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
- PP9440
- Filed
- December 30, 1994
- Granted
- January 23, 1996
- Expires
- December 30, 2014
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- VANDENBERG CORNELIS P
Abstract
A Chrysanthemum plant named Heather particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; decorative capitulum type; red-purple ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of 48 to 54 mm when fully opened; branching pattern is spreading and prolific; natural season flower date of September 2 to 5 when planting rooted cuttings on June 21 to 25 in Salinas, Calif., and September 30 to October 3 when planting rooted cuttings June 15 to June 21 in Hightstown, N.J.; plant height of 23 to 33 cm when grown in fall under natural daylength with no growth regulators in Salinas, Calif., and 30 to 36 cm when grown in fall under natural daylength with no growth regulator applications in Hightstown, N.J.; excellent, uniform growth habit; and good flexibility of plant for handling, packing and shipping.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named Heather, as described and illustrated.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9440 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.