US Plant Patent PP11113
Sunmaribisu
Verbena plant named `Sunmaribisu`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 4, 2017. 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
- PP11113
- Filed
- September 4, 1997
- Granted
- November 2, 1999
- Expires
- September 4, 2017
- Assignee
- SUNTORY LTD
- Inventor
- YOMO YASUNORI; MURAKAMI YASUYUKI
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a Verbena plant which has a broad spreading growth habit and long stems. The plant forms flowers in clusters with a great profusion of blooms. The blooming period is late April to November and flowering duration is long. The entire plant remains in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flower size is large and the petals of the flowers are a vivid red-purple coloration. The plant is highly tolerant to heat, and exhibits a high resistance to pests and diseases, particularly powdery mildew, and a high resistance to rain is exhibited.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a broad spreading growth habit with long stems, (b) forms in abundance clusters of attractive vivid red-purple blossoms that remain on the plant for an extended period of time, and (c) exhibits good tolerance to rain, heat, drought, and diseases; substantially as shown and described.
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