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US Plant Patent PP32248

Rocky Road Grape

Phlox plant named ‘Rocky Road Grape’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 30, 2040.

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 PP32248, the photograph of Rocky Road Grape printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32248, 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
PP32248
Filed
January 30, 2020
Granted
September 29, 2020
Expires
January 30, 2040
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A unique cultivar of Hybrid Creeping Phlox named ‘Rocky Road Grape’ characterized by vigorous, dense, spreading, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy habit with short, bright glossy-green, linear leaves. Flowering begins in mid-April and continuing for up to five weeks, in cool conditions, on heavily-branched peduncles and completely cover the plant in peak season. Petals are red-purple with a small dark-purple eye. Petals lighten to soft lavender with maturity. Petal apices are deeply notched. The new plant is able to withstand dry conditions once established, and the foliage stays clean and resists mildew. The new plant is especially suitable for the landscape as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.

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 cultivar of Hybrid Creeping Phlox, Phlox plant named ‘Rocky Road Grape’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32248 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.