My Valentine

My Valentine

Hibiscus plant named ‘My Valentine’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 19, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 19, 2032. This patent earned 92 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24108, the photograph of My Valentine printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24108, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘My Valentine’ is winter-hardy with naturally short, mounded habit with dense heavy branching. The foliage is fine textured tri-lobed and of dark green with purple tinting and veining. The flowers are large and numerous with red-velvet overlapping, slightly-recurved petals over a long blooming period.

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I claim: 1. A new cultivar of hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘My Valentine’ as herein illustrated and described and photographed, comprising winter-hardy, naturally short, mounded habit with dense heavy branching; with fine textured tri-lobed foliage of dark green with purple tinting and veining and many red-velvet flowers having overlapping, slightly-recurved petals over a long blooming period; suitable for potted plant culture and landscaping as a specimen, small group or en masse.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24108 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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