US Plant Patent PP9217
BFP-721 Bright Lilac
Geranium plant named `BFP-721 Bright Lilac`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 16, 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
- PP9217
- Filed
- November 16, 1994
- Granted
- July 25, 1995
- Expires
- November 16, 2014
- Assignee
- GEO J BALL INC
- Inventor
- TREES SCOTT C
Abstract
A new and distinct Pelargonium×hortorum cultivar named BFP-721 Bright Lilac is provided. This new Geranium cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein the Laura cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,087) was pollinated by the FOX cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,083). The new cultivar forms attractive long-lasting dark lavender semi-double flowers with a white eye. Attractive medium green foliage that lacks zonation is well retained even during shipment. The growth habit is medium self-branching even in the absence of a growth regulator.
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 Geranium plant named BFP-721 Bright Lilac, substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits attractive long-lasting dark lavender semi-double florets with a white eye, (b) forms medium green foliage, and (c) exhibits a medium self-branching growth habit.
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