US Plant Patent PP9218
Pink Heart
Geranium plant named Pink Heart
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
- PP9218
- 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 Pink Heart is provided. This new Zonal Geranium cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein a plant designated 9380E (non-patented in the United States) was pollinated by the Rio cultivar (non-patented in the United States). The new cultivar forms attractive medium pink florets with a distinct dark rose freckle on each petal. Attractive dark green foliage is well retained during shipment. The growth habit is self-branching and does not require the use 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 cultivar named Pink Heart, substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits attractive single medium pink florets with a distinct dark rose freckle on each petal and with the upper two petals commonly having slightly larger areas of dark rose than the lower three petals, (b) forms attractive dark green foliage, and (c) exhibits a medium self-branching growth habit.
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