US Plant Patent PP11312
Whit V
Crape myrtle plant named `Whit V`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 27, 2018. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP11312
- Filed
- February 27, 1998
- Granted
- March 28, 2000
- Expires
- February 27, 2018
- Inventor
- WHITCOMB CARL E
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of crape myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica, which is characterized by a low, dense, mounded shrub form that may reach three to four feet in height and width with age; stiff, ruby red young branches; ruby red new leathery foliage which quickly changes to green with age; crimson to ruby red flower buds; currant red to light red flowers; and no seed production. The new variety is also characterized by a long bloom period.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Lagerstroemia indica, crape myrtle plant substantially as shown and described and partially characterized by a dense rounded shrub form that may reach three to four feet in height with similar width with age; stiff, ruby red young branches; ruby red new foliage that quickly changes to green and with age becomes leathery; crimson to ruby red flower buds; currant red to light red flowers, no seeds, and with a long bloom period.
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