Pink Parasol

Pink Parasol

Phlox plant named ‘Pink Parasol’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 28, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 19, 2036. This patent earned 100 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28881, the photograph of Pink Parasol printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28881, 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 cultivar of Phlox plant named, ‘Pink Parasol’, that is characterized by its flower petals that are distinctly bifid with a deep cleft, its flowers that have a distinct center eye that is white in color and remains persistent for the life of the flower, its striae that are inconspicuous and if visible form 2 indistinct narrow dark violet lines at the base of each petal lobe, its flowers that are medium purplish pink in color with the pigments persisting or darkening slightly as the flowers age, its flowers that cover 90% to 100% of the plant at peak bloom, and its broad mounding habit that does not spread into an indeterminate groundcover like most moss phlox.

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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Pink Parasol’ as herein illustrated and described.

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