US Plant Patent PP7208
Marlicat
Geranium plant named Marlicat
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 6, 2008. 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
- PP7208
- Filed
- September 6, 1988
- Granted
- April 3, 1990
- Expires
- September 6, 2008
Abstract
A new and distinctive geranium variety particularly distinguished by its clear salmon-pink flowers blooming over foliage of medium sized, nearly black, zonated leaves, the flower clusters comprising about seventy-five very large florets, each floret having a diameter of about 5.5 cm. This plant is further distinguished by its continuous and profuse blooming habit from early Spring through midseason and into late Fall; and its vigorous and spreading growth habit to a height of about 35 cm. with abundant foliage of medium leaf size standing about 20 cm. above the soil.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinctive geranium cultivar substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the large size of its clear, pink colored flower clusters, the very large size of the florets with regularly imbricated and wide, almost round, petals, its abundant foliage of medium sized leaves, and its vigorous, upright and strong growth habit.
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