US Plant Patent PP5956
Meipoque
Rose plant--Meipoque variety
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 9, 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
- PP5956
- Filed
- August 9, 1985
- Granted
- April 28, 1987
- Expires
- August 9, 2005
- Assignee
- CONARD PYLE COMPANY
- Inventor
- MEILLAND MARIE-LOUISE
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant is provided which forms in abundance single rose-carmine flowers of five petals having a white center. The new variety has a vigorous growth habit and is well-adapted for growing in the landscape where it reflowers well all season long. Attractive red fruits commonly are present on the new variety during the autumn-winter.
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 shrub rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms in abundance over an extended period of time attractive rose-carmine single flower blossoms of five petals having a white center, (b) forms in the fall attractive red fruits, (c) exhibits a vigorous growth habit, (d) is hardy and relatively disease resistant, and (e) is particularly well-suited for growing in the landscape; substantially as herein shown and described.
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