US Plant Patent PP9567
MORclip
Climbing floribunda rose plant named `MORclip`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 2, 2015. 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
- PP9567
- Filed
- February 2, 1995
- Granted
- June 4, 1996
- Expires
- February 2, 2015
- Inventor
- MOORE RALPH S
Abstract
This invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of floribunda rose, primarily identified by its vigorous climbing habit and its large (single) flowers with petals being medium to deep pink.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of rose plant of the floribunda class, of hardy, much branched, climbing habit substantially as illustrated and described, with flowers of an unusual pink/lavender blend coloring, the buds and flowers being similar in form and color to the bush variety `MORplag` of which this is a natural sport, with the open flower being single with 5 to 7 wavy petals, and further characterized by a plant of vigorous, upright shape with main stems and shoots of moderate thorniness, the said plant being easy to propagate from soft-wood cuttings and by budding with an abundance of large, semi-glossy to glossy foliage, the flowers being usually borne in loose clusters on medium length stems.
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