Polaris

Polaris

Coreopsis plant named ‘Polaris’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 16, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 16, 2034. This patent earned 243 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27491, the photograph of Polaris printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27491, 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 cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Polaris’ that is characterized its compact plant habit reaching 37.5 to 45 cm in height and an average of 37.5 cm in spread, its prolific blooming habit from mid June until frost in Connecticut, its large inflorescences with ray florets that are are solid white in color with no eye zone (even under cool growing conditions), its relatively sterile inflorescences when grown under typical garden conditions that do not require deadheading of spent blooms for continuous bloom, and its reliably perennial habit in U.S.D.A. Zone 5.

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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Coreopsis plant named ‘Polaris’ as herein illustrated and described.

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Abstract