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US Plant Patent PP12536

Periwinkle Blue

Interspecific Lobelia plant named ‘Periwinkle Blue’

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 PP12536, the photograph of Periwinkle Blue printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12536, 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
PP12536
Filed
March 27, 2000
Granted
April 9, 2002
Expires
March 27, 2020
Inventor
TREES SCOTT

Abstract

A new and distinct Lobelia plant named "Periwinkle Blue' is provided. This new cultivar was the result of a unique interspecific cross between Lobelia erinus and Lobelia valida. More specifically, the female or seed parent of "Periwinkle Blue' was the Lobelia erinus Palace Series Blue With Eye and the male or pollen parent was an unnamed Lobelia valida 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 Lobelia plant named ‘Periwinkle Blue’ substantially herein illustrated and described, which: a) Exhibits initial upright growth followed by a semi-trailing habit, (b) Forms sky-blue flowers with white ‘eyes’, (c) Exhibits a vigorous growth habit, (d) Is extremely floriferous.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12536 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.