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US Plant Patent PP16783

Carousel

Azalea plant named ‘Carousel’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 7, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 30, 2025. This patent earned 38 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16783, the photograph of Carousel printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16783, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP16783
Filed
April 30, 2005
Granted
July 11, 2006
Expires
June 7, 2025
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
BERGMAN WENDY R

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Azalea plant named ‘Carousel’, characterized by its dark green-colored leaves that do not abscise during the cooling and forcing periods; uniform and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; relatively rapid flowering response; pale lavender to white-colored flowers with random purple-colored spots and flecks; double to semi-double flower form; and good postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good flower substance for about 25 days in an interior environment.

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

1. A new and distinct Azalea plant named ‘Carousel’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16783 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.