US Plant Patent PP7994
MORhill
Miniature rose plant named `MORhill`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 31, 2011. 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
- PP7994
- Filed
- January 31, 1991
- Granted
- October 6, 1992
- Expires
- January 31, 2011
Abstract
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant primarily identified by its very double flowers with the petals being a blend of pink and yellow.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant of hardy, dwarf, bushy, upright, much branched habit, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by buds and flowers, basically pink blending into yellow at the base, the bud being pointed in the early opening stage, resembling in form Pink Petticoat (miniature -- U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,636) with the open flower being very full (double) and rounded with many (65 or more) petals; and further characterized by the plant being of compact, vigorous, rounded to upright shape, with main stems and shoots of average thorniness, said plant being easy to propagate from soft wood cuttings and having an abundance of small semi-glossy foliage, the flowers being borne singly or several together in loose clusters or sprays on medium length stems.
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