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US 5,575,107 AGranted
Perfect planting color code, and methods of constructing and utilizing same
OwnerGary R. Doerrinventor
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Abstract
A kit of components for a display adapted to aid the novice or inexperienced gardener in the proper selection, care and placement of perennial plants. The kit includes color-coded charts, planting guides and plant containers to visually highlight the various growing requirements for the variety of plants.
Claims17
A kit of components for a display for potted plants, comprising:
- indicating means for the containers the potted plants are held in, the indicating means comprising color coded, solid-colored sleeves adapted to be bonded to said containers corresponding to the amount of light needed by the plant held in one of said containers, said sleeves being provided in at least three different colors;
- a first color sleeve indicates a plant which requires at least six hours of direct sunlight, a second color sleeve indicates a plant which requires at least two hours of direct sunlight, and a third color sleeve indicates a plant which prefers total shade;
- tags for said containers, said tags being color-coded in said at least three different colors;
- planting label guides adapted to be secured adjacent a plurality of said containers holding a same variety of plant, said planting label guides being color-coded in said at least three different colors;
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- poster charts adapted to be secured prominently in said display and including an explanation of said color-coding.
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A kit of components for a display for potted plants, comprising:
- indicating means for pots the potted plants are held in, the indicating means comprising color-coded, solid colored sleeves adapted to be bonded to said pots corresponding to the amount of light needed by the plant held in each of said pots, said sleeves being provided in at least three different colors;
- a first color sleeve indicates a plant which requires at least six hours of direct sunlight, a second color sleeve indicates a plant which requires at least two hours of direct sunlight, and a third color sleeve indicates a plant which prefers total shade;
- tags for said pots, said tags being color-coded in said at least three different colors;
- planting label guides adapted to be secured adjacent a plurality of said pots holding a same variety of plant, said planting label guides being color-coded in said at least three different colors;
- poster charts adapted to be secured prominently in said display and including an explanation of said color-coding;
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- each of said tags is flag-shaped and includes means for indicating the potential growth height of the plant when the tag is secured in said growing medium, said height indicating means comprising a plurality of height indicating projections formed along an edge of each tag.
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A method for the display of potted plants, comprising the steps of:
- providing a kit of components including indicating means for pots potted plants are held in, tags for the pots, planting label guides, and poster charts;
- said indicating means comprising color-coded, solid colored sleeves provided in at least three different colors, a first color sleeve indicating a plant which requires at least six hours of direct sunlight, a second color sleeve indicating a plant which requires at least two hours of direct sunlight, and a third color sleeve indicating a plant which prefers total shade;
- color-coding said pots with respect to the amount of direct sunlight needed by each particular plant by bonding one said color-coded sleeve on an outer surface of the pot of said each particular plant;
- providing a plurality of color-coded tags having colors corresponding to said color-coded, solid colored sleeves and securing one said tag in a growing medium of each particular plant;
- color-coding said planting label guides in said at least three different colors, and securing each said planting label guide adjacent a plurality of said pots holding a same variety of potted plant;
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- providing an interpretation of said color-coding on at least one of said poster charts, and securing said poster charts in prominent positions in said display.
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A kit of components for a display for visually highlighting varieties of potted plants and optimum growing requirements for the potted plants, the kit comprising:
- indicating means for color-coding containers holding the potted plants with respect to the amount of light required by plants held in said containers:
- said indicating means comprising solid-colored veneers provided in at least three different colors, said different colors indicating different amounts of light required by the potted plants in the containers;
- tags for said containers, said tags having locking means for connecting with said containers when said tags are also secured in a growing medium of said potted plants for preventing unauthorized removal of said tags from said containers, said tags being color coded in said at least three different colors, and each said tag including an area for depicting a particular variety of plant at maturity and an area presenting cultural information of said variety of plant;
- planting label guides adapted to be secured adjacent a plurality of containers holding a same variety of said potted plants, said planting label guides being color coded in said at least three different colors;
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- poster charts adapted to be secured prominently in said display and at least one of said poster charts including an interpretation of said color-coding.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.