# US 2013/0239477 A1 · Method of increasing plant branching > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0239477 A1 - Document ID: US20130239477A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/800,990 - Filed: 2013-03-13 - Published: 2013-09-19 - Earliest claimed: 2012-03-14 - Assignees: Suntory Flowers Limited - Applicants: Suntory Flowers Limited - Inventors: JACOB C. SMOLENAARS - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130239477A1 ## CPC - A01G 22/60: Flowers; Ornamental plants - A01G 9/02: Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes (self-acting watering devices A01G27/00; hanging flower baskets, holders or containers for flower-pots A47G7/00); Glasses for cultivating flowers - A01G: HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D46/00; propagating unicellular algae C12N1/12) ## Abstract A method of increasing plant branching is disclosed. The invention relates to producing a compact and uniform horticultural display. The invention further relates to producing a horticultural display with plants of different families, genera and species that are difficult to grow into compact, uniform and floriferous horticultural displays. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of producing a horticultural display comprising: a. planting one or more plants in a growing medium; b. growing each plant to produce a shoot; c. bending said shoot and fastening said shoot to a support to maintain said shoot in a bent position; and d. growing one or more primary branches from said shoot. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising removing an apical meristem from said shoot. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising bending one or more of said primary branches and fastening one or more said primary branches to the support to maintain said primary branches in a bent position in a manner promoting compact and uniform growth, wherein said support is selected from the group consisting of an edge of a growing container, a frame of a container having no solid sides, a hanging means, and a frame of an object placed on the surface of a container's growing medium. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said plant is selected from the group consisting of Caprifoliaceae, Apocynaceae, Vitaceae, Convolvulaceae, Ranunculaceae, Araliaceae, Fabaceae, Nyctaginaceae and Oleaceae plant families. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said plant is a Mandevilla plant. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein step a. comprises planting two or more plants of the same plant species in the growing medium. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein step a. comprises planting two or more plants of different plant species in the growing medium. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein step a. comprises planting two or more plants of different plant genera in the growing medium. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein step a. comprise planting two or more plants of different plant families in the growing medium. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A horticultural display produced by the method of claim 1. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising: a. growing one or more secondary branches from said one or more primary branches; b. bending one or more secondary branches and fastening said one or more secondary branches to the support to maintain the secondary branches in a bent position in a manner promoting compact and uniform growth; and c. growing one or more additional branches from said secondary branches. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising removing an apical meristem from one or more of said primary branches. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising bending said one or more additional branches and fastening said one or more additional branches to a support to maintain said additional branches in a bent position in a manner promoting compact and uniform growth, wherein said support is selected from the group consisting of an edge of a growing container, a frame of a container having no solid sides, a hanging means, and a frame of an object placed on the surface of a container's growing medium. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising removing an apical meristem from one or more of said secondary branches. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) A horticultural display produced by the method of claim 11. ### Claim 16 A horticultural display comprising: a growing container; a growing medium in the growing container; a support operatively associated with the growing container; a fastening means; and at least one plant growing in said growing medium with at least one of the plant shoots or branches attached to said support by the fastening means in a manner promoting compact and uniform growth. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The horticultural display of claim 16, wherein said support is selected from a group consisting of an edge of a growing container, a frame of a container having no solid sides, a hanging means, and a frame of an object placed on the surface of the container's growing medium. ### Claim 18 A kit for growing a horticultural display, the kit comprising: a growing container; a growing medium; a support configured for operative association with the growing container; and a fastening means for associating at least one of a plant shoot and branch with the support, the fastening means being configured for operative association with the support.