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US Plant Patent PP13571

Vibration

Azalea plant named ‘Vibration’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 15, 2022. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13571, the photograph of Vibration printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13571, 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
PP13571
Filed
March 15, 2002
Granted
February 18, 2003
Expires
March 15, 2022
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
BERGMAN WENDY R

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Azalea plant named ‘Vibration’, characterized by its dark green-colored leaves that do not abscise during the cooling and forcing periods; upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; usually about three to four lateral branches develop after pinching; uniform and freely flowering habit; rapid flowering response; numerous, large and showy white-colored flowers with random red purple-colored flecks and spots; semi-double to double flower form; excellent postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good flower substance for about four weeks in an interior environment; and very low incidence of infection with Cylindrocladium in inoculated trials.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Azalea plant named ‘Vibration’, as illustrated

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13571 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.