Meifaissel

Meifaissel

Hybrid Tea Rose plant named ‘Meifaissel’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 28, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 13, 2025. This patent earned 74 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16951, the photograph of Meifaissel printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16951, 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 variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided which abundantly forms on a nearly continuous basis attractive white high-pointed blossoms having a very strong fragrance. The plant exhibits a semi-erect growth habit, and dense dark green foliage with a semi-glossy aspect. Good tolerance to Oidium and Black Spot is displayed. The attractive dark green foliage contrasts nicely with the pure white blossom coloration. The new variety is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in the landscape.

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1. A new and distinct Hybrid Tea rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a very vigorous semi-erect growth habit; (b) abundantly forms on a nearly continuous basis attractive white high-centered blossoms having a very strong fragrance, (c) forms dense dark green foliage having a semi-glossy aspect that contrasts well with the blossom coloration, and (d) is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation in the landscape; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16951 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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