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US Plant Patent PP11748

Meilyzro

Floribunda rose plant named ‘Meilyzro’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 15, 2018. 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
PP11748
Filed
December 15, 1998
Granted
January 23, 2001
Expires
December 15, 2018
Inventor
MEILLAND ALAIN A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the Floribunda Class is provided which abundantly forms attractive double geranium red blossoms in the form of a well-balanced spray. The petals are slightly glossy in appearance. The buds are conical in configuration and are borne on long stems. An erect growth habit is exhibited. The foliage is dark green and contrasts nicely with the geranium red blossoms. The plant is well suited for the production of cut floral sprays under greenhouse growing conditions.

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 variety of Floribunda rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms conical buds on long stems in the form of a spray, (b) forms in abundance attractive geranium red blossoms, (c) exhibits an erect growth habit, and (d) forms attractive semi-glossy dark green foliage; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11748 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.