US Plant Patent PP18012

White Velvet

Mandevilla plant named ‘White Velvet’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 10, 2026. 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: PP18012
Filed: February 10, 2006
Granted: September 11, 2007
Expires: February 10, 2026
Assignee: LAKE AREA NURSERY
Inventor: GRAY JOHN F

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘White Velvet’, characterized by its upright vining growth habit; glossy, dark green-colored leaves; white-colored flowers faintly overlain with red purple with imbricate petals with ruffled margins; and tolerance to low and high temperatures.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘White Velvet’, as illustrated and described.

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