US Plant Patent PP11011
Royal Gems
Hibiscus plant named `Royal Gems`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 3, 2017. 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
- PP11011
- Filed
- November 3, 1997
- Granted
- July 20, 1999
- Expires
- November 3, 2017
- Inventor
- FLEMING DAVID W; FLEMING JAMES R
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of winter hardy hibiscus plant named `Royal Gems` is the result of a unique hybridi zation. This new and distinct cultivar is characterized primarily as to novelty by its extreme cold hardiness to Zone 4, its dark purple undercurved ovate leaves, its v ery large luminescent pink flowers, 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.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant, as herein shown and described, characterized by its bold ovate dark purple foliage with smooth underturned margins, its very large pink flowers, its vigor, and its
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