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US Plant Patent PP13752

Eruption

Hibiscus plant named ‘Eruption’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 30, 2022. 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.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP13752, the photograph of Eruption printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP13752, 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
PP13752
Filed
July 30, 2002
Granted
April 29, 2003
Expires
July 30, 2022
Inventor
ZWETZIG GRETCHEN ANGELA; FLEMING DAVID WHITMAN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of winter hardy hibiscus plant named ‘Eruption’ is the result of a unique hybridization. This new and distinct cultivar is characterized primarily as to novelty by, its extreme cold hardiness to Zone 4, large, thick-textured, reddish-purple flowers and its green “oak-leaved” appearance cast with a purple cast compactness of about 3 feet, its vigorous and uniform growth habit, and its floriferous nature from midsummer until frost.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hardy Hibiscus plant, as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13752 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.