US Plant Patent PP14969

Country and Western

Astilbe plant named ‘Country and Western’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 28, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP14969
Filed: July 28, 2003
Granted: June 29, 2004
Expires: July 28, 2023
Assignee: INSPIRATION PLANT CV
Inventor: VERDUIN HARRY G J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Astilbe plant named ‘Country and Western’, characterized by its upright, mounded and compact plant habit; rapid growth rate; freely and uniform flowering habit; and light red purple-colored flowers.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Astilbe plant named ‘Country and Western’, as illustrated and described.

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