Sweet Sixteen

Sweet Sixteen

Azalea plant named ‘Sweet Sixteen’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 9, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 3, 2020. This patent earned 6 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12847, the photograph of Sweet Sixteen printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12847, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct Azalea cultivar is provided that abundantly forms clusters of sturdy double pearl pink hose-in-hose blossoms that commonly retain their attractive appearance even in inclement weather. The dark green and plentiful foliage substantially retains its coloration throughout the winter. The growth habit is dense, well-branched, and naturally mounding. The cultivar exhibits excellent hardiness and is tolerant to wet soils and clay soils.

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I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) Forms sturdy and attractive clusters of double pearl pink hose-in-hose blossoms, (b) Forms dark green foliage on a plentiful basis that generally retains its coloration in the winter, (c) Forms a dense well-branched naturally mounding growth habit, (d) Exhibits excellent bud hardiness, and (e) Exhibits tolerance to wet soils and clay soils; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12847 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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