US Plant Patent PP11583
Meipsidue
Ground cover rose plant named `Meipsidue`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 9, 2018. 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
- PP11583
- Filed
- September 9, 1998
- Granted
- October 17, 2000
- Expires
- September 9, 2018
- Assignee
- CP DELAWARE INC
- Inventor
- MEILLAND ALAIN A
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of ground cover rose plant (i.e., garden rose plant) is provided which forms in abundance on a substantially continuous basis attractive double blossoms that are Rose Bengal suffused with Cardinal Red. The overall coloration of the blossoms is velvet red. The vegetation is vigorous and the growth habit is flat and bushy. Attractive decorative medium green and glossy foliage is formed. Excellent disease resistance is exhibited. Additionally, the new variety grows very well on its own roots following asexual reproduction by cuttings.
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) abundantly and substantially continously forms attractive double blossoms that are Rose Bengal suffused with Cardinal Red, (b) exhibits a flat and bushy growth habit, (c) forms vigorous vegetation, (d) forms attractive decorative medium green and glossy foliage, (e) propagates well by cuttings, and (f) exhibits excellent disease resistance with respect to blackspot, downy mildew, and powdery mildew; substantially as herein shown and described.
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