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US Plant Patent PP17443

Meigadraz

Shrub rose plant named ‘Meigadraz’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 16, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 2, 2024. This patent earned 14 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17443, the photograph of Meigadraz printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17443, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP17443
Filed
December 2, 2004
Granted
February 27, 2007
Expires
December 16, 2024
Assignee
CP DELAWARE INC
Inventor
MEILLAND ALAIN A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of landscape shrub rose plant is provided which forms in abundance on a substantially continuous basis attractive red-purple blossoms commonly bearing approximately 13 to 15 petals. The new variety is a spontaneous mutation of unknown causation of the ‘Radrazz’ variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,836) that forms vivid red blossoms which commonly display approximately 10 petals. The vegetation is vigorous and the growth habit is bushy and rounded. The foliage is very ornamental, dark green, and semi-glossy and contrasts nicely with the red-purple blossom coloration. Excellent resistance to blackspot is displayed. The new plant is particularly well suited for pot forcing under greenhouse growing conditions to form an attractive gift plant.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct landscape shrub rose plant which exhibits the following combination of characteristics: (a) abundantly and substantially continuously forms attractive red-purple blossoms commonly bearing approximately 13 to 15 petals on average unlike the vivid red blossoms of the ‘Radrazz’ variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,836), (b) exhibits a bushy and rounded growth habit, (c) forms vigorous vegetation, (d) forms attractive very ornamental dark green semi-glossy foliage, and (d) displays excellent resistance to blackspot; substantially as illustrated and described.

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