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US Plant Patent PP17275

Sunny Maxima

Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Maxima’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 26, 2025. 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 PP17275, the photograph of Sunny Maxima printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17275, 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
PP17275
Filed
September 26, 2005
Granted
December 12, 2006
Expires
September 26, 2025
Assignee
SUNNY OSTEOSPERMUM APS
Inventor
LARSEN BJARNE NYHOLM

Abstract

A new distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Maxima’, characterized by its plant height averaging 16 cm, and plant diameter averaging 25 cm; thicker and sturdier stems; large, composite, daisy type inflorescences measuring up to 8 cm in diameter; fully opened inflorescences with striking red-purple ray florets with light red-purple bases and disc florets with gray-purple tips and a light purple basal tube; and mature foliage color of green, RHS 137A (upper side) and yellow-green, RHS 147B (under side).

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 Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Maxima’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17275 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.