US Plant Patent PP12888

Balwilapi

Verbena plant named ‘Balwilapi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 30, 2021. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12888, the photograph of Balwilapi printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12888, 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: PP12888
Filed: March 30, 2001
Granted: August 27, 2002
Expires: March 30, 2021
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT

Abstract

A new and distinct Verbena plant named ‘Balwilapi’, characterized by its lavender pink flowers, mounded trailing habit, and dark green leaves.

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 cultivar of Verbena hybrida plant named ‘Balwilapi’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) Exhibits lavender pink flowers, (b) Forms dark green foliage, (c) Exhibits a good basal branching character and exhibits a mounded and trailing growth habit.

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