US Plant Patent PP5457
Baby Blueyes
Blue spruce tree "Baby Blueyes" variety
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 19, 2003. 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
- PP5457
- Filed
- September 19, 1983
- Granted
- April 30, 1985
- Expires
- September 19, 2003
- Inventor
- HOLDEN VERL L
Abstract
A new and distinct blue spruce tree variety originating as a chance seedling growing among a cultivated group of grafted Picea pungens Moerheimi planted in a cultivated nursery area at Silverton, Oreg. The new variety is unique in its upright, semi-dwarf growth habit with early apical dominance; its naturally pyramidal configuration; the delayed spring growth of its dormant buds; and its dense foliage of a sky-grey color. These characteristics make it well suited for a wide range of landscape uses, as well as for live, potted Christmas trees.
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 variety of blue spruce tree, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its upright, semi-dwarf growth habit with early apical dominance; its naturally pyramidal configuration; its short, closely spaced needles; its high bud count; the delayed spring growth of its dormant buds; and its dense foliage, sky-grey in color.
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