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US Plant Patent PP7458

Vanguard

Kalanchoe plant named Vanguard

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 16, 2009. 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
PP7458
Filed
October 16, 1989
Granted
February 26, 1991
Expires
October 16, 2009

Abstract

A Kalanchoe plant named Vanguard particularly characterized by its red-purple flower color; flower diameter of 14 to 16 mm at maturity; flowering response of from 11 weeks in summer to 13 weeks in winter after start of short days; very floriferous habit, with excellent display of many flowers; excellent keeping quality of flowers and foliage; free branching with or without pinching; compact plant habit with intermediate vigor but with short internodes; good responsiveness to B-9 applications to reduce internode length and peduncle elongation; and adaptability to pot sizes from 10 to 15 cm.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct plant of Kalanchoe named Vanguard, as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7458 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.