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US Plant Patent PP14223

Morrison-Gilberg (VIII)

Ornamental winter Hibiscus moscheutos named ‘Morrison-Gilberg (VIII)’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 20, 2020. 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 PP14223, the photograph of Morrison-Gilberg (VIII) printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14223, 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.

The record

Patent number
PP14223
Filed
March 20, 2000
Granted
October 14, 2003
Expires
March 20, 2020
Assignee
GILBERG PERENNIAL FARMS INC
Inventor
MORRISON WILLIAM L

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid variety Hibiscus moscheutos cultivar, particularly distinguished by having flowers of from ten to twelve inches in diameter that are white, with medium pink (Red-Purple Group 68A) at the margins extending into the petal about one to two inches before fading out, with deeper red eye (Red Group 45A). The length of the blooming cycle is about four to five weeks. The flowers, which have completely overlapping petals, retain their flat shape for two full days, except when temperatures are exceptionally warm. Distinguishing characteristics are constant and stable in asexually reproduced plants.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Hibiscus moscheutos plant, as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14223 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.