US Plant Patent PP8288
BSR-233 Bright Coral
Geranium plant -- BSR-233 Bright Coral cultivar
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 18, 2011. 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
- PP8288
- Filed
- September 18, 1991
- Granted
- June 29, 1993
- Expires
- September 18, 2011
Abstract
A new and distinct tetraploid Pelargonium×hortorum cultivar named BSR-233 Bright Coral is provided. This new Zonal Geranium cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein an unnamed plant designated 7-GRT-1A was pollinated by the Tango cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,933). The new cultivar forms attractive semi-double coral florets and forms dark green non-zoned leaves. Exceptionally good garden performance is exhibited including tolerance to wind and rain. The growth habit is inherently compact with basal self-branching and does not require the use of growth regulators to maintain such growth characteristic.
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 Geranium plant named BSR-233 Bright Coral, substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits attractive coral semi-double florets, (b) forms attractive dark green foliage having non-zoned leaves, (c) exhibits good field performance including tolerance to wind and rain, and (d) exhibits an inherently compact and basal self-branching growth habit in the absence of growth regulators.
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