US Plant Patent PP10396
Pink Passion
Geranium plant named `Pink Passion`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 21, 2016. 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
- PP10396
- Filed
- August 21, 1996
- Granted
- May 12, 1998
- Expires
- August 21, 2016
- Assignee
- BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
- Inventor
- TREES SCOTT C
Abstract
The new and distinct Pelargonium × hortorum × Pelargonium peltatum cultivar named `Pink Passion` is provided. This new ivy/Zonal Geranium was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein a plant designated 6733-16 (non-patented in the United States) was pollinated by a plant designated 7012B-9 (non-patented in the United States). The new cultivar forms attractive small single deep pink florets having a dark rose eye on each petal. The small medium green foliage is well retained during shipment. The growth habit is compact and 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 cultivar of Geranium plant named `Pink Passion`, substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits attractive small single deep pink florets having a deep rose eye on each petal, (b) forms attractive small medium green foliage with slight zonation, and (c) exhibits a compact cascading self-branching growth habit in the absence of a growth regulator.
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