ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. PP37,840, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Valin Genetics Ltd. (Exeter, Great Britain).
"Cosmos plant named 'VG001'" was invented by Charles Valin (Exeter, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new cultivar of Cosmos plant named 'VG001' that is distinguishable by its compact mounded foliage comprised of compound leaves each with 7 leaflets in 3 opposite pairs and one terminal leaflet and bearing multiple slender flower stems bearing cherry-red colored single inflorescences. The inflorescence of 'VG001' is a capitulum consisting of an outer whorl of 8 elliptic sterile cherry-red colored ray flowers and an inner whorl of 55 to 65 dis...