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US Plant Patent PP6414

Bolero

Azalea plant named Bolero

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
PP6414
Filed
February 26, 1987
Granted
November 22, 1988
Expires
February 26, 2007
Inventor
MOTZKAU HENRY W

Abstract

An Azalea plant named Bolero, particularly characterized by its evergreen foliage, semi-double hose-in-hose flower form, salmon red flower color, its long lasting flowers, ease of budding, spreading growth habit, mid-season response, profuse and uniform flowering in a year round controlled program, and by its 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 Bolero, as described and illustrated, and characterized particularly as to novelty by its evergreen foliage, flower form, salmon red flower color, long lasting flowers, ease of budding, spreading growth habit, profuse and uniform flowering in a year round controlled program, and excellent cooler and shipping tolerance.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6414 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.