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US Plant Patent PP14306

Sunmariro

Verbena plant named ‘Sunmariro’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 6, 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14306, the photograph of Sunmariro printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14306, 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
PP14306
Filed
February 6, 2002
Granted
November 18, 2003
Expires
February 6, 2022
Assignee
SUNTORY FLOWERS LTD
Inventor
YOMO YASUNORI

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of a broadly spreading Verbena plant. The new Verbena plant has abundant branching particularly with respect to primary branching, and a great profusion of blooms with the entire plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flowers are large and the petals display a vivid red color without an eye. The flowers are formed in profusion in a spike. The blooming period is from early April to November, and the flowering duration is long. The plant exhibits high tolerance to cold and heat, high resistance to pests and diseases, particularly powdery mildew, and high resistance to rain.

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, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by (A) a spreading growth habit, (B) a plentiful number of flowers in a spike with a great profusion of blooms with the entire plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time, (C) a long flowering duration, (D) a large flower size and the petal color being vivid red without an eye, (E) a high resistance to rain, cold, heat, drought, diseases and pests, and (F) an early flowering time.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14306 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.