US Patent Issued to Garden Genetics on July 1 for "Dianthus plant named 'G22090'" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. PP36,793, issued on July 1, was assigned to Garden Genetics (Columbus, Ohio).

"Dianthus plant named 'G22090'" was invented by Richard A. Grazzini (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct cultivar of Dianthus plant named 'G22090' is disclosed, characterized by large flowers with a base color of light pink with a large red-violet eye, and a very distinct star pattern in the same dark red-violet color radiating from the central eye down the petal to the petal tip. Healthy glaucous blue-green foliage exhibits good field tolerance to common Dianthus pathogens. The new variety is a Dianthus, normally used for outdoor ornam...