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US Plant Patent PP6195

Pink Princess

Flowering dogwood--Pink Princess variety

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 10, 2006. 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
PP6195
Filed
January 10, 1986
Granted
June 7, 1988
Expires
January 10, 2006
Inventor
LOWRY JOHN C; WINGLE RD MATTHEW J

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of pink Flowering Dogwood, botanically known as Cornus florida rubra is provided. The new variety possesses the unique combination of the formation of attractive pink bracts and the formation of attractive variegated leaves wherein the central portion is medium green and the margin is white when mature.

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 variety of pink Flowering Dogwood tree, botanically known as Cornus florida rubra, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of: (a) an upright growth habit, (b) the formation of attractive pink bracts, (c) the formation of attractive variegated leaves having a medium green central portion and a substantially white margin when mature, (d) the formation of leaves which generally are larger than those of the Wills cultivar, (e) the formation of leaves having leaf margins which are considerably less wrinkled than those of the Wills cultivar, (f) the formation leaves having substantially white margins which tend to be substantially wider than those of the Wills cultivar, and (g) the formation of leaves which generally have a more vivid Fall coloration than the Wills cultivar.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6195 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.