US Plant Patent PP9469
Meibonrib
Shrub rose plant named `Meibonrib`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 28, 2015. 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
- PP9469
- Filed
- June 28, 1995
- Granted
- March 12, 1996
- Expires
- June 28, 2015
- Assignee
- CONARD PYLE COMPANY
- Inventor
- MEILLAND ALAIN A
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Shrub rose plant is provided which forms on an abundant basis substantially continuously throughout the season attractive long-lasting large double blossoms that are Magenta Pink in coloration. The blossoms are well-formed and are somewhat uniform in appearance. The new variety also forms attractive dark green glossy foliage. The plant possesses a somewhat unusual growth habit that tends to creep along the ground. Also, the new variety exhibits very good disease resistance, and is well suited for growing 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 on an abundant basis substantially throughout the season attractive large double blossoms that are Magenta Pink in coloration, (b) forms attractive dark green glossy foliage, (c) creeps as a ground cover and is well suited for growing in the landscape, and (d) exhibits very good disease resistance; substantially as herein shown and described.
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