US Plant Patent PP17630

Balwildared

Verbena plant named ‘Balwildared’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 5, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 22, 2025. This patent earned 13 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17630, the photograph of Balwildared printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17630, 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: PP17630
Filed: November 22, 2005
Granted: April 17, 2007
Expires: December 5, 2025
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Balwildared’ characterized by its dark red-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, good basal branching character, and vigorous, spreading growth habit.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Balwildared’, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17630 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.