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US Plant Patent PP17085

Polar

Boxwood plant named ‘Polar’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 25, 2025. 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 PP17085, the photograph of Polar printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17085, 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
PP17085
Filed
April 25, 2005
Granted
September 5, 2006
Expires
April 25, 2025
Assignee
SVEPLANTS E GRUPP EKONOMISK FO
Inventor
NYSTROEM PER

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Buxus semperviresn , ‘Polar’, found in a province of Sweden where the climate is cold (representing zone 4 of the Swedish Hardiness Map) that exhibits exceptional winter hardiness. ‘Polar’ is further characterized by a dense, compact, and medium to broad growth habit and evergreen foliage with leaves that are broadly elliptic in shape, shiny in appearance, and dark green in color that exhibits no substantial change in coloration during the winter. ‘Polar’ is well suited for topiary and for use in parks and gardens in cold climates, where other Boxwood cultivars are inappropriate.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Boxwood plant named ‘Polar’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17085 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.