US Plant Patent PP7530
Billie Dee
Azalea hybrid `Billie Dee`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 16, 2009. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP7530
- Filed
- May 16, 1989
- Granted
- May 21, 1991
- Expires
- May 16, 2009
Abstract
The new plant is a hybrid evergreen azalea having a compact, dense branching and symmetrical form and a prolific blooming habit. Flowers appear in clusters of five to ten. The blossoms are of single form with a diameter of about 6.4 to 7.6 cm and have pale lilac centers bordered with rose-purple lobes. The plant blooms mid-February through mid-April in southern California.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new variety of hybrid evergreen azalea characterized by a compact, dense branching and symmetrical form and a prolific blooming habit, with flowers that appear in clusters of five to ten, blooms being of single form with a diameter of about 6.4 to 7.6 cm and having pale lilac centers bordered with rose-purple lobes.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7530 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.