US Plant Patent PP17494

Pink Lady

Gaura plant named ‘Pink Lady’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 15, 2025. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP17494
Filed: August 15, 2005
Granted: March 13, 2007
Expires: August 15, 2025
Assignee: MINEO BALDASSARE
Inventor: MINEO BALDASSARE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Gaura plant named ‘Pink Lady’, characterized by its upright, compact and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dense and bushy appearance; short flowering stems; flowers positioned just above the foliage; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; and pink-colored flowers.

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Gaura plant named ‘Pink Lady’, as illustrated and described.

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