Edge of Night

Edge of Night

Hibiscus plant named ‘Edge of Night’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 29, 2041.

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 PP34359, the photograph of Edge of Night printed in the patent.

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Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of winter-hardy, herbaceous, perennial, hybrid Hibiscus plant named ‘Edge of Night’ comprising a compact rounded mound habit of multiple, well-branched, basal stems producing flowers from the bottom to the top of the plant for five to six weeks from late July to early September. Flower petals are bubblegum pink with dark pink veins radiating toward margin and deep red eye set off with column of butter-yellow pollen. The foliage is mostly ovate, rarely trilobed, and very dark mahogany-colored.

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I claim: 1. A new cultivar of hardy herbaceous perennial Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Edge of Night’ as herein illustrated and described.

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Abstract