Sunbel-Apu

Sunbel-Apu

Petunia plant named ‘Sunbel-Apu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 28, 2022. 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 PP14385, the photograph of Sunbel-Apu printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14385, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Petunia plant having a semi-erect habit is provided. The new Petunia plant has abundant branching particularly with respect to the secondary branching and a great profusion of blooms with the entire plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flowers are very small with light yellowish pink petals that are formed in profusion in a spike. The blooming period commonly is from May to September. The plant exhibits high resistance to cold, rain, heat drought, and diseases, such as Powdery Mildew.

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 Petunia plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by (A) a semi-erect growth habit, (B) forms an abundant number of flowers in a spike with a great profusion blooms and the entire plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time, (C) possesses a long flowering duration that commonly extends from late May to September, (D) forms flowers having a light yellowish pink petals with a vivid reddish orange center, and (E) a high resistance to rain, cold, heat, drought, diseases and pests.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14385 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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