Coseytown® Fine Print
This information is provided for transparency only and should not be considered legal advice.
TL;DR:
Grow them, enjoy them, share them. If you plan to sell Coseytown® tubers, cuttings, or plants, Coseytown Flowers has specific trademark terms you should review. We’re not enforcing them — we’re just making sure you’re informed.
Our opinion (but not legal advice):
We do not believe we are retroactively bound by a contract or licensing agreement that we never agreed to.
Purchasing tubers before any trademark application, registration, or licensing program existed does not bind a buyer to terms that were created after the fact. We have not purchased any Coseytown® varieties since the attempt to apply terms retroactively.
There is no such thing as “surprise retroactive trademark licensing.”
The Friendly Heads-Up
Here at Heaven On Earth Gardens, we believe in transparency — even when it involves rules we didn’t create and aren’t contractually bound to.
Some of the dahlias we offer originate from Coseytown® Flowers. While we did not purchase these varieties under a licensing agreement ourselves, Coseytown® does maintain trademark terms that apply to commercial sales of their varieties.
We think it’s only fair that you know that before you decide what to do with them.
If you’re growing dahlias for joy (or sanity)
You’re good.
You can:
- Grow them
- Multiply them
- Trade them
- Gift them
- Donate them
- Sell the cut flowers
- Collect and grow seeds
No paperwork. No permission. No drama.
If you plan to sell Coseytown® tubers, cuttings, or plants
Here’s where things get a little more official.
Coseytown® maintains trademark protections on their named varieties. According to their published terms, anyone selling propagation material (tubers, cuttings, or plants) of Coseytown® varieties may be required to follow their licensing and royalty structure.
This applies regardless of:
- Size of your operation
- Frequency of sales
- Platform used (website, social media, in-person, etc.)
We’re not here to police that → but we are here to make sure you’re aware of it.
If you plan to sell → please review Coseytown Flowers’ terms directly
If you don’t plan to sell → carry on, enjoy your flowers, and ignore the fine print
One Important Clarification
We are not licensing sellers, collecting royalties, or enforcing Coseytown®’s trademark terms. Any licensing, permissions, or agreements are handled directly with Coseytown Flowers.
We’re just the messenger → and we believe informed growers are happier growers.