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US Plant Patent PP17511

Sunny Plum Serena

Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Plum Serena’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 17, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 31, 2025. This patent earned 17 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17511, the photograph of Sunny Plum Serena printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17511, 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
PP17511
Filed
March 31, 2005
Granted
March 20, 2007
Expires
April 17, 2025
Assignee
SUNNY GRONNEGYDEN APS
Inventor
LARSEN BJARNE NYHOLM

Abstract

A new distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Plum Serena’, characterized by its unique red-purple color combination of the upper and underside of the ray florets: (when opening) upperside RHS 72B, with stripes of RHS 155A, white, and underside RHS 72B; (fully opened) upperside and underside RHS 72C. Fading to RHS 199C, gray-brown; upright, compact and globular plant habit; dense and bushy growth habit, mainly due to upright stems; moderately vigorous growth habit, but less need for chemical growth retardation; and high number of inflorescences per plant.

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 Plum Serena’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17511 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.