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US Plant Patent PP31368

Blushing Pink

Coreopsis plant named ‘Blushing Pink’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 29, 2038.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP31368, the photograph of Blushing Pink printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31368, 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
PP31368
Filed
June 29, 2018
Granted
January 14, 2020
Expires
June 29, 2038
Assignee
PROBST DARRELL R
Inventor
PROBST DARRELL R

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Blushing Pink’ that is characterized by its sturdy, well-branched plant habit reaching an average of 36 cm in height and 96 cm in width, its floriferous and long blooming season of sterile inflorescences that do not require deadheading; bloom commences in early July and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its medium sized inflorescences that open a darker rose-pink in color and over several days turn to a pale pink in color, its resistance to powdery mildew (Podosphaera macularis) and leafspot (Pseudomonas cichorii) and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5a.

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 cultivar of Coreopsis plant named ‘Blushing Pink’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31368 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.