US Plant Patent PP14831
Sunmaref TPPW
Verbena plant named ‘Sunmaref TPPW’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 26, 2022. 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
- PP14831
- Filed
- December 26, 2002
- Granted
- May 25, 2004
- Expires
- December 26, 2022
- Assignee
- SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
- Inventor
- YOMO YASUNORI
Abstract
A new Verbena plant is provided having a spreading growth habit and long stems. The plant displays abundant branching and abundantly forms flowers in a spike with a great profustion of blooms. The blooming period is April to November and flowering duration is long with the entire plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flower size is medium and the flower petal coloration is white. The plant displays high tolerances to cold, drought, rain and heat, and high resistances to pests and diseases, particularly with respect 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 Verbena plant, 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 a spike with a great profusion of blooms and a long flowering duration, with the entire plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time, (C) the formation of white-petaled flowers. and (D) high tolerances to rain, heat, drought, cold, and high resistances to diseases and pests, particularly with respect to powdery mildew.
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