US Plant Patent PP11978
Golden Wind
Hibiscus plant named ‘Golden Wind’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 14, 2019. 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
- PP11978
- Filed
- June 14, 1999
- Granted
- July 3, 2001
- Expires
- June 14, 2019
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- BERGMAN WENDY R
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Golden Wind’, characterized by its very glossy, undulate, very dark green leaves; upright, compact, outwardly spreading, uniform, dense and symmetrical plant habit that is appropriate for container production; very freely flowering; numerous golden yellow-colored flowers with red “eyes”; short peduncles; good resistance to flower bud abscission; relative resistance to diseases common to Hibiscus grown under Florida production conditions; and excellent postproduction longevity.
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 Hibiscus plant named ‘Golden Wind’, as illustrated and described.
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