US Plant Patent PP14117
Sunmaref TP-SAP
Verbena plant named ‘Sunmaref TP-SAP’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 17, 2019. 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
- PP14117
- Filed
- June 17, 1999
- Granted
- September 2, 2003
- Expires
- June 17, 2019
- Assignee
- SUNTORY LTD
- Inventor
- YOMO YASUNORI
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a verbena plant named ‘Sunmaref TP-SAP’ having a broad spreading growth habit and long stems. The plant has abundant branching and forms a large number of flowers in clusters with a great profusion of blooms. The blooming period is from April to November and the flowering duration is long with the entire plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flower size is medium and the petal color is a strong purplish pink. The plant is highly tolerant to cold, drought, rain and heat, and exhibits high resistance to pests and diseases, particularly to powdery mildew.
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 verbena plant named ‘Sunmaref TP-SAP’, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by (a) a spreading growth habit with long stems, (b) abundant branching and the formation of a large number of flowers in clusters with a great profusion of blooms, (c) a flower size that is medium and a petal coloration that is strong purplish pink, and (d) a high tolerance to rain, heat, drought, cold, and a high resistance to diseases and pests, particularly to powdery mildew.
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