US Plant Patent PP9219
BFP-420 Bright Red
Geranium plant named BFP-420 Bright Red
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 15, 2014. 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
- PP9219
- Filed
- November 15, 1994
- Granted
- July 25, 1995
- Expires
- November 15, 2014
- Assignee
- GEO J BALL INC
- Inventor
- TREES SCOTT C
Abstract
A new and distinct Pelargonium×hortorum cultivar named BFP-420 Bright Red is provided. This new Zonal Geranium cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein a plant designated BFP-56 (non-patented in the United States) was pollinated by a plant designated 3113D. The new plant forms attractive dark red semi-double florets and medium green foliage with attractive zonation. A medium self-branching growth habit is exhibited in the absence of a growth regulator.
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What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct Geranium plant named BFP-420 Bright Red, substantially as herein described and shown, which: (a) exhibits attractive dark red semi-double florets, (b) forms medium green foliage with zonation, and (c) exhibits a medium self-branching growth habit in the absence of a growth regulator.
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