US Plant Patent PP22170
Pardon My Purple
Monarda plant named ‘Pardon My Purple’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends July 1, 2030.
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
- PP22170
- Filed
- July 1, 2010
- Granted
- September 27, 2011
- Expires
- July 1, 2030
- Assignee
- WALTERS GARDENS INC
- Inventor
- HURD KEVIN A
Abstract
The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental cultivar of ornamental Bee Balm named Monarda didyma ‘Pardon My Purple’ has short, compact, branching stems, numerous dark fuchsia flowers and resistance to powdery mildew.
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 ornamental Bee Balm, Monarda didyma ‘Pardon My Purple’, as herein described and illustrated, with short compact stems, numerous dark fuchsia flowers and resistance to powdery mildew especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.
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