US Plant Patent PP19469
Frosted
Scented Geranium plant named ‘Frosted’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends July 27, 2027.
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
- PP19469
- Filed
- July 27, 2007
- Granted
- November 18, 2008
- Expires
- July 27, 2027
- Assignee
- RINCK MICHAEL C
- Inventor
- RINCK MICHAEL C
Abstract
A new cultivar of Scented geranium, Pelargonium citrosum ‘Frosted’, characterized by its citronella-scented dark green leaves with deeply incised lobes tips or “frosted” in white, its pink tinged newly emerging foliage, its compact plant habit with numerous basal branches and short leaf internodes, its heat tolerance, and its vigor and ease of propagation by tissue culture.
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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Scented geranium plant named ‘Frosted’ as herein illustrated and described.
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