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US Plant Patent PP7370

Hawaiian Holly

Hibiscus plant named Hawaiian Holly

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 21, 2009. 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
PP7370
Filed
August 21, 1989
Granted
October 30, 1990
Expires
August 21, 2009

Abstract

A Hibiscus plant named Hawaiian Holly particularly characterized by its scarlet red flower color with a darker red eye, regular flower form, flower 10 cm. in diameter, excellent pot habit, very compact growth, dark green leaves varying from heterophyllus to entire, flower life a single day, easy to propagate, excellent resistance to bacterial leaf spot (Pseudomonas sp.), excellent shipping tolerance (bud drop resistance).

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named Hawaiian Holly, as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7370 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.