US Plant Patent PP5676
MORwhy
Miniature rose plant/var: MORwhy
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 10, 2004. 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
- PP5676
- Filed
- August 10, 1984
- Granted
- March 4, 1986
- Expires
- August 10, 2004
- Assignee
- SEQUOIA NURSERY
- Inventor
- MOORE RALPH S
Abstract
The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant characterized primarily by the rich red color of the open flowers which are accented by a rather large yellow "eye" with the petal reverse being yellow or yellow blend.
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, rounded, much branched habit substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by open (7-9 petals) flowers which are bright red in color, with a large yellow "eye", the reverse side of petals being yellow or yellow blend, the buds and flowers resembling the shrub rose Cocktail in form and color but smaller in size; and further characterized by a plant which is vigorous and compact, easy to propagate from soft wood cuttings or by budding, with an abundance of flowers borne singly or several to the stem in loose clusters.
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