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US Plant Patent PP14317

Coral Filli

Crape Myrtle plant named ‘Coral Filli’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 10, 2021. 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 PP14317, the photograph of Coral Filli printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14317, 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
PP14317
Filed
September 10, 2001
Granted
November 25, 2003
Expires
September 10, 2021
Inventor
FLEMING DAVID W; ZWETZIG GRETCHEN A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of dwarf winter hardy Lagerstroemia plant named 'Coral Filli' is the result of a unique hybridization. This new and distinct cultivar is characterized primarily as to novelty by its extreme cold hardiness to Zone 4, its numerous sturdy bright coral-pink blooms, its compact spreading performance with heavy branching, its vigorous and uniform growth habit, and its floriferous nature form midsummer until frost.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Lagerstroemia plant, as herein shown and described, characterized by its beautiful coral-pink flowers and refined foliage, its dwarf and compact spreading action, its vigor, and its extreme hardiness.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14317 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.