US Plant Patent PP5975
Morchari
Rose plant named `Morchari`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 15, 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
- PP5975
- Filed
- August 15, 1985
- Granted
- May 12, 1987
- Expires
- August 15, 2005
- Assignee
- SEQUOIA NURSERY
- Inventor
- MOORE RALPH S
Abstract
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant primarily identified by small, very double lavender to pink lavender flowers and the unique spreading habit of growth.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant of hardy, dwarf, bushy, spreading, much branched habit, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by buds and flowers of varying shades of lilac, purple and pinkish lavender, the bud being pointed in the early opening stage with the full open flower being rounded to slightly cupped with 55-60 petals; and further characterized by a plant of compact, vigorous, well rounded shape, the said plant being easy to propagate from soft wood cuttings, with an abundance of small matt foliage, the flowers being very fragrant and borne usually in clusters of 5 to 15 or more.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5975 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.