US Plant Patent PP9573
Flower Carpet White
Ground cover rose plant named `Flower Carpet White`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 27, 2015. 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
- PP9573
- Filed
- July 27, 1995
- Granted
- June 11, 1996
- Expires
- July 27, 2015
- Inventor
- NOACK WERNER
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of ground cover rose plant is provided which forms continuously throughout the season attractive long-lasting pure white blossoms. The new variety exhibits a compact and spreading growth habit that renders it suitable for growing as an ornamental ground cover in the landscape. The foliage is dark green and glossy and contrasts well with the pure white blossoms. Reproductive organs and pollen provide a generally yellow coloration at the center of each fully open blossom. The pure white blossom coloration is well retained upon the aging of the blossoms, and petals drop off cleanly as the blossoms mature. The new variety also propagates well from cuttings, by the budding of an eye, and by grafting, and exhibits an excellent resistance to blackspot, mildew, and rust.
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 variety of ground cover rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms attractive pure white, long-lasting blossoms substantially throughout the season that well retain their original coloration upon aging, (b) exhibits a compact and spreading growth habit, (c) forms attractive dark green and glossy foliage that contrasts well with the pure white blossoms, (d) exhibits excellent disease resistance with respect to blackspot, mildew, and rust, and (e) is particularly suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in the landscape; substantially as herein shown and described.
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