US Plant Patent PP8841
Meipotal
Rose plant--Meipotal variety
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 10, 2013. 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
- PP8841
- Filed
- September 10, 1993
- Granted
- July 19, 1994
- Expires
- September 10, 2013
- Assignee
- CONARD PYLE COMPANY
- Inventor
- MEILLAND ALAIN A
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant is provided which forms continuously throughout the season attractive simple marbled Carmine Rose blossoms. The blossoms commonly are formed very abundantly and continuously and possess firm petals which detach cleanly. The vegetation is vigorous and the plant possesses a bushy growth habit. The new variety is not particularly affected by cryptogamic diseases, it exhibits excellent winter hardiness, it possesses decorative glossy foliage, and it is well suited for use as ornamentation in the landscape.
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 continuously throughout the season attractive simple blossoms which are marbled Carmine Rose in coloration, (b) forms blossom petals which are firm and drop off cleanly, (c) forms attractive glossy foliage, (d) exhibits a bushy growth habit, (e) forms light green adult wood, (f) exhibits excellent disease resistance, (g) exhibits excellent winter hardiness, and (h) is particularly well-suited for growing in the landscape; substantially as herein shown and described.
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