US Plant Patent PP11139
Silverleaf
Poinsettia plant named `Silverleaf`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 17, 2018. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP11139
- Filed
- February 17, 1998
- Granted
- November 30, 1999
- Expires
- February 17, 2018
- Assignee
- PAUL ECKE RANCH
- Inventor
- GROSS EDUARD
Abstract
Poinsettia `Silverleaf` is a new cultivar, distinguished by variegated silver/green and white foliage, pink flower bracts, compact bouquet-like growth habit and self-branching characteristics. `Silverleaf` is a naturally occurring sport of the red bracted `Peterstar` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,259) with the same flowering response and cultural requirements. The new plant produces an interesting flowering pot plant. The new plant is resistant to epinasty after being confined to shipping containers. The post-production foliage and bract retention is good.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct Poinsettia plant, substantially as herein shown and described, distinguished by its variegated silver/green and white foliage, pink flower bracts, compact bouquet-like growth habit, self branching and good leaf and bract retention in the
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