US Plant Patent PP36648
Zelroc3423
Cornus plant named ‘Zelroc3423’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends October 30, 2044.
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
- PP36648
- Filed
- October 30, 2024
- Granted
- May 6, 2025
- Expires
- October 30, 2044
- Assignee
- THE CONARD PYLE CO
- Inventor
- ZLESAK DAVID CHARLES
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Cornus plant, referred to by its cultivar name, ‘Zelroc3423’, is described. The new variety forms creamy, white colored flowers. The growth habit is compact. Green colored foliage is formed. Bright, red colored stems are exhibited in winter. Additionally, the new variety is particularly well suited for growing as distinctive ornamentation in the landscape.
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I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Cornus plant named ‘Zelroc3423’ characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms creamy, white colored flowers, (b) provides green colored foliage, (c) exhibits a compact growth habit, and (d) provides bright, red colored stems in winter, substantially as herein shown and described.
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