US Plant Patent PP11104
Sunmariwaba
Verbena plant named `Sunmariwaba`
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
- PP11104
- Filed
- September 4, 1997
- Granted
- October 19, 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 an entended period of time. The flower size is large and the petals of the flowers are red-purple. 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.
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 broad spreading growth habit with long stems, (b) forms in abundance clusters of attractive 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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