US Plant Patent PP9998
Meioffic
Floribunda rose plant named `Meioffic`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 4, 2016. 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
- PP9998
- Filed
- September 4, 1996
- Granted
- August 12, 1997
- Expires
- September 4, 2016
- Assignee
- CONARD PYLE COMPANY
- Inventor
- MEILLAND ALAIN A
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Floribunda rose plant is provided which abundantly forms on a substantially continuous basis attractive blossoms that are Orient Pink suffused with Aureolin Yellow on the upper surface and Dawn Pink suffused with Aureolin Yellow on the under surface. Such blossoms additionally display a vervain lemon-scented fragrance. The foliage is dark green and exhibits a glossy upper surface that contrasts well with the light-colored blossoms. The plant exhibits a vigorous, compact and bushy growth habit. The new variety is well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in the landscape.
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 in abundance on a substantially continuous basis attractive fragrant blossoms that are light Orient Pink suffused with Aureolin Yellow on the upper surface and Dawn Pink suffused with Aureolin Yellow on the under surface, (b) forms attractive vigorous dark green foliage having a glossy upper surface, (c) exhibits a vigorous, compact and bushy growth habit, (d) exhibits particularly good disease resistance against black spot, and (e) is well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in the landscape; substantially as herein shown and described.
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