US Plant Patent PP36495
Gordon's Flash
Camellia plant named ‘Gordon's Flash’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends August 9, 2044.
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The record
- Patent number
- PP36495
- Filed
- August 9, 2024
- Granted
- February 25, 2025
- Expires
- August 9, 2044
- Assignee
- CHELEDNIK MICHAEL EDMUND
- Inventor
- CHELEDNIK MICHAEL EDMUND
Abstract
A new cultivar of Camellia japonica plant named ‘Gordon's Flash’ that is characterized by its variegated foliage with a wide margin of yellow to pale yellow and green centers, its very vigorous growth habit; unique for having variegated foliage, its good early branching, and its peony-formed flowers that are maroon red in color with gold stamens.
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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Camellia plant named ‘Gordon's Flash’ as herein illustrated and described.
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