Tie Dye

Tie Dye

Hibiscus plant named ‘Tie Dye’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 22, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 19, 2032. This patent earned 95 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24078, the photograph of Tie Dye printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24078, 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

Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Tie Dye’ is a new and distinct cultivar of winter-hardy herbaceous Rose Mallow with an upright, strong well-branched stems producing many flat-faced flowers with deeply-ruffled, dark pink perimeter ring becoming white toward center and a lustrous cherry-red eye in a bull's eye pattern. The foliage is mostly tri-lobed, medium to dark green with limited purple tinting.

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I claim: 1. A new cultivar of winter-hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid plant named ‘Tie Dye’ as herein illustrated and described, comprising a well-branched, upright habit with strong stems; many flat-faced flowers with deeply-ruffled, dark pink perimeter ring becoming white toward center and a lustrous cherry-red eye in a bull's eye pattern, having mostly tri-lobed medium to dark green leaves suitable for landscaping as a specimen, group or en masse.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24078 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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