US Plant Patent PP6087
Meikrotal
Rose plant--Meikrotal variety
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 20, 2005. 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
- PP6087
- Filed
- August 20, 1985
- Granted
- January 26, 1988
- Expires
- August 20, 2005
- Assignee
- CONARD PYLE COMPANY
- Inventor
- MEILLAND MARIE-LOUISE
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of rose plant is provided which forms attractive semi-double blossoms which are cherry red on the upper surface and carmine pink on the under surface. The plant forms in abundance dark glossy foliage and exhibits an arching growth habit which renders it highly suited for use as a ground cover. Good hardiness and resistance to fungal diseases are manifest. The new variety can be readily propagated from cuttings.
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 ground cover rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms attractive semi-double blossoms which are cherry red on the upper surface and carmine red on the under surface, (b) forms in abundance dark glossy foliage, (c) exhibits an arching growth habit which forms a plant having a greater width than height, (d) exhibits good hardiness, and (e) exhibits good resistance to fungal diseases; substantially as herein shown and described.
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