US Plant Patent PP12949

Santa Barbara

Salvia plant named ‘Santa Barbara’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 23, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 11, 2021. This patent earned 12 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP12949
Filed: May 11, 2001
Granted: September 10, 2002
Expires: May 23, 2021
Inventor: BROWN KATHIANN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia named ‘Santa Barbara’ characterized by short height, compact habit, small gray-green leaves, short internodes, and flocculent dark purple flowers which appear violet in full sunlight and which are borne above the foliage on short racemes.

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I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Salvia plant named ‘Santa Barbara’, as

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