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US Plant Patent PP7122

Marlimon

Geranium plant named Marlimon

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 12, 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
PP7122
Filed
September 12, 1988
Granted
January 23, 1990
Expires
September 12, 2008

Abstract

A new and distinct geranium cultivar particularly distinguished by its very large, violet pink, half-filled clusters of about seventy-five large florets, each floret comprising from five to seven, broad, imbricated petals having a rounded apex and entire margins. This variety is a very bushy and compact plant with a relatively low height and medium growth rate and having a continuous and profusely blooming habit from early Spring through late midseason to Fall. The flower clusters stand on sturdy stalks about 13 cm. long and the foliage, of medium green leaves with faint zonation, stands about 17 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. The new and distinctive geranium cultivar, substantially has herein shown and described, and particularly characterized by its very many violet pink florets forming a close, compact group in a full, umbel-formed cluster.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7122 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.