Red Velvet

Red Velvet

Monarda plant named ‘Red Velvet’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 15, 2043.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 22, 2042. This patent earned 54 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP35800, the photograph of Red Velvet printed in the patent.

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Abstract

A new and distinct variety of ornamental Bee Balm plant named Monarda didyma ‘Red Velvet’ has medium-height, winter-hardy, vigorous clumping habit, with basally branching stems, dark-green foliage with strong resistance to powdery mildew and numerous large flower heads of intense cherry-red-colored flowers creating excellent flower coverage for a long period in the summer. The new plant is attractive and useful in the garden landscape as a specimen, en masse, or as a container plant.

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I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Bee Balm plant named Monarda ‘Red Velvet’, as herein described and illustrated.

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