KORtufee

KORtufee

Miniature rose plant named ‘KORtufee’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 2, 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16849, the photograph of KORtufee printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16849, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel dark pink flowers, and attractive foliage with very good disease resistance. It exhibits compact and uniform growth with abundant flowers. The new variety propagates well from cuttings and by grafting. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

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1. A new and distinct variety of rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms attractive, long lasting dark pink flowers; (b) exhibits compact and uniform growth habit; (c) propagates well using traditional methods, and; (d) exhibits excellent resistance to disease under normal growing conditions; substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16849 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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