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US Plant Patent PP6413

Ardent

Azalea plant named Ardent

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 26, 2007. 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
PP6413
Filed
February 26, 1987
Granted
November 22, 1988
Expires
February 26, 2007
Inventor
MOTZKAU HENRY W

Abstract

An Azalea plant named Ardent, particularly characterized by its shiny evergreen foliage, long lasting flowers, hot pink flower color, single hose-in-hose flower form, resistance to foliage burn and spider mite infestation, ease of budding in a year round controlled program, and excellent shipping, and cooler tolerance.

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 cultivar of Azalea named Ardent, as described and illustrated, and characterized particularly as to novelty by its evergreen foliage, long lasting flowers, hot pink flower color, single hose-in-hose flower form, shiny foliage, resistance to foliage burn and spider mite infestation, ease of budding in a year round controlled program, excellent shipping, and cooler tolerance.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6413 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.