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US Plant Patent PP21984

Cranberry Crush

Hibiscus plant named ‘Cranberry Crush’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 23, 2030.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP21984, the photograph of Cranberry Crush printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21984, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP21984
Filed
April 23, 2010
Granted
June 21, 2011
Expires
April 23, 2030
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC
Inventor
FALSTAD CLARENCE H

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Cranberry Crush’ comprising a naturally-short, compact, heavy-branching habit; also dark-green leaves with purple overtones and with a multitude of scarlet-red to dark-red slightly cupped flowers over at least 12 weeks during the summer until frost The new plant, Hibiscus ‘Cranberry Crush’ does not need to be pinched or sprayed with plant growth regulators to keep short and compact.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new cultivar of hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Cranberry Crush’ as herein illustrated and described, comprising a naturally-short, compact, heavy-branching habit; also dark-green leaves with purple overtones and with a multitude of scarlet-red to dark-red slightly cupped flowers over at least 12 weeks during the summer until frost suitable for potted plant culture, landscaping and especially in confined spaces because of the compact habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21984 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.