US Plant Patent PP5598
Vista Impatiens No. 14
Impatiens plant named Vista Impatiens No. 14
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 29, 2003. 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
- PP5598
- Filed
- December 29, 1983
- Granted
- December 17, 1985
- Expires
- December 29, 2003
- Assignee
- PAN AMERICAN PLANT CO
- Inventor
- HOPE CLAUDE
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Vista Impatiens No. 14, and characterized by its intensely brilliant, large orange flowers, profuse year-round flowering even in high light and high temperature conditions, highly variegated foliage that retains its variegation foliage that retains its variegation year-round, vigorous and fast rate of growth, and tall, upright self-branching habit which makes it ideal for bedding plants, pot plant culture and hanging baskets.
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I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Vista Impatiens No. 14, as described and illustrated, and characterized by its intensely brilliant, large orange flowers, profuse year-round flowering even in high light and high temperature conditions, highly variegated foliage that retains its variegation year-round, vigorous and fast rate of growth, and tall, upright self-branching habit which makes it ideal for bedding plants, pot plant culture and hanging baskets.
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