US Plant Patent PP9229
Starburst Red
Geranium plant named `Starburst Red`
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
- PP9229
- 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 Starburst Red is provided. This new Zonal Geranium cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein an unnamed plant designated 4077-1 was pollinated by the BSR-177 White cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,284). The new cultivar forms attractive multi-patterned single florets that are red, white, and pink in coloration. Attractive medium green foliage is well retained even during shipment. The growth habit is somewhat 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 Starburst Red substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits single multi-patterned red, white, and pink florets, (b) forms medium green foliage with zonation, and (c) exhibits a medium growth habit.
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