US Plant Patent PP18046

Toscane

Lavender plant named ‘Toscane’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 30, 2025. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP18046
Filed: December 30, 2005
Granted: September 18, 2007
Expires: December 30, 2025
Assignee: KONING SMIT HOLDING N V
Inventor: KONING LAMMERT

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Lavender plant named ‘Toscane’, characterized by its compact, upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy plant form; early and freely flowering habit; large flowering period; and purple-colored flowers with light violet-colored terminal flower bracts.

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Lavender plant named ‘Toscane’, as illustrated and described.

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