US Plant Patent PP15997

Sunny Zara

Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Zara’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 13, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 1, 2024. This patent earned 73 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15997
Filed: March 1, 2004
Granted: September 27, 2005
Expires: May 13, 2024
Assignee: SUNNY GRONNEGYDEN APS
Inventor: LARSEN BJARNE N

Abstract

A new distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Zara’, characterized by its red-purple flower color RHS 59C with stripes of RHS N57B; dense and bushy plant form; with globular plant habit; vigorous growth habit, but less need for chemical growth retardation; and obovate to lanceolate leaves.

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Zara’, as illustrated and described herein.

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