US Plant Patent PP4455
Variegated Dogwood
Azalea named Variegated Dogwood
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 5, 1998. 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
- PP4455
- Filed
- June 5, 1978
- Granted
- August 28, 1979
- Expires
- June 5, 1998
- Assignee
- GEO J BALL INC
- Inventor
- ARNESEN RICHARD A
Abstract
A new variety of hybrid azalea particularly characterized by its variegated White and Camellia Rose flowers, portions of which have Tyrian Purple blotches extending from the flower throat to provide rich, bright and very attractive blossoms, and by its prolific branching tendencies and floriferous habit which makes it especially suitable for greenhouse forcing.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of hybrid azalea substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its prolific branching tendencies and floriferous habit, the bright Camellia Rose, white and Tyrian Purple variegation of its flowers, and the excellent lasting ability of the blooming plant.
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