US Plant Patent PP6554

Maroon Bells

Dwarf carnation plant Maroon Bells

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 4, 2007. 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: PP6554
Filed: May 4, 1987
Granted: January 24, 1989
Expires: May 4, 2007

Abstract

A carnation plant known by the cultivar name Maroon Bells was developed through a breeding program and is particularly characterized as to uniqueness by its dwarf growth habit and the following combined characteristics: upon pinching a rooted cutting, forms 4 to 6 lateral stems 18 to 25 cm long, each developing a terminal flower and 2 to 4 lateral buds which open intermittently after the terminal flowers senses; brilliant maroon flowers 3 to 5 cm in diameter with a slight spice fragrance; can be grown under specified environmental conditions either as a single pinched plant per 10 cm pot or 3 pinched plants per 13 cm pot, which results in an ideal new flowering house plant.

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 cultivar of Dianthus carophyllus, Linn, identified as 85-215-6 and known as Maroon Bells and substantially as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6554 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.