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US Plant Patent PP12524

Romantic Morn

Interspecific Dianthus Plant Named ‘Romantic Morn’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 27, 2020. 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.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12524, the photograph of Romantic Morn printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12524, 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.

The record

Patent number
PP12524
Filed
March 27, 2000
Granted
April 9, 2002
Expires
March 27, 2020
Assignee
BALL FLORA PLANT A DIVISION OF
Inventor
STROPE KERRY; TREES SCOTT

Abstract

A new and distinct Dianthus plant named ‘Romantic Morn’ is provided. This new cultivar was the result of a unique interspecific cross between Dianthus caespitosus and Dianthus barbatus . More specifically, the female or seed parent of ‘Romantic Morn’ was an unnamed Dianthus caespitosus plant and the male or pollen parent was a Dianthus barbatus ‘Wee Willie’ plant.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct Dianthus plant named ‘Romantic Morn’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits a trailing growth habit, (b) forms bright pink flowers, (c) exhibits a vigorous habit and (d) is extremely floriferous.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12524 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.