US Plant Patent PP9231
Pink Pearl
Geranium plant named `Pink Pearl`
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
- PP9231
- Filed
- November 15, 1994
- Granted
- August 1, 1995
- Expires
- November 15, 2014
- Assignee
- GEO J BALL INC
- Inventor
- TREES SCOTT C
Abstract
A new and distinct Pelargonium×hortorum cultivar named Pink Pearl is provided. This new Zonal Geranium was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein the Light Pink cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,552) was pollinated by the Laura cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,087). The new cultivar forms attractive perfectly formed semi-double light lavender pink florets with white eyes. The medium green foliage is well retained even during shipment. The growth habit is medium 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 Pearl, substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits attractive perfectly formed semi-double light lavender pink florets with white eyes, (b) forms medium green foliage with zonation, and (c) exhibits a medium self-branching growth habit.
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