US Plant Patent PP10743
Sunmariho
Verbena plant named `Sunmariho`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 26, 2016. 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
- PP10743
- Filed
- November 26, 1996
- Granted
- January 5, 1999
- Expires
- November 26, 2016
- Assignee
- SUNTORY LTD
- Inventor
- NAGASE YUKI
Abstract
A new and distinct verbena variety is provided which forms attractive large yellowish-white blossoms. The plant is broad and exhibits a spreading growth habit. The blossoms are borne in abundance on spikes. The blossoming is of long duration and commonly occurs between April and November. The plant exhibits a high tolerance to rain, cold, and heat. Good resistance to diseases, such as powdery mildew, also is exhibited.
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 having the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a spreading growth habit with long stems, (b) forms in abundance on spikes attractive large yellowish-white blossoms over an extended period of time, (c) exhibits a high tolerance to rain, cold and heat, and (d) exhibits good resistance to powdery mildew; substantially as illustrated and described.
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