US Plant Patent PP16322

Chelsey

Helenium plant named ‘Chelsey’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 6, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 28, 2025. This patent earned 37 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16322
Filed: January 28, 2005
Granted: March 7, 2006
Expires: March 6, 2025
Assignee: WITTEMAN & CO
Inventor: GEERLINGS NICOLAAS PETRUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Helenium plant named ‘Chelsey’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely basal branching growth habit; large upright-facing inflorescences with yellow and red bi-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Helenium plant named ‘Chelsey’, as illustrated and described.

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