Sunvivaro

Sunvivaro

Verbena plant named ‘Sunvivaro’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 17, 2019. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 16, 2021, but this patent ends 822 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13724, the photograph of Sunvivaro printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13724, 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.

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a verbena plant which has erect growth habit and good plant height. The plant forms plentiful flowers in a spike in great profusion. The blooming period is late April to November and the flowering duration is long. The entire plant commonly remains in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flower size is large and the petal color is vivid purplish red without an eye. The plant is highly tolerant to heat, and has high resistances to pests and diseases, particularly powdery mildew, and high resistance to rain.

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What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by (A) having an erect growth habit, (B) a plentiful quantity of flowers in a spike with a great profusion of blooms, (C) a long flowering duration, (D) a petal color of vivid purplish red without an eye, and (E) a high resistance to rain, heat, drought, diseases, and pests.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13724 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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