US Plant Patent PP8231
Margret
Hebe `Margret`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 25, 2011. 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
- PP8231
- Filed
- November 25, 1991
- Granted
- May 18, 1993
- Expires
- November 25, 2011
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Hebe having a semi-dwarf to dwarf compact habit. The selection is a profuse bloomer in late May to early June with later flushes in late summer and fall, especially if earlier dead flower spikes have been removed. The flowering racemes stand well above the foliage. Individual blossoms are initially of sky blue color. These fade to a paler blue and then to white, giving an unusual bicolor effect. Because of its compact habit the plant is ideal for use in borders or in containers.
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 cultivar of `Hebe` substantially as shown and described, characterized by semi-dwarf to dwarf compact habit, profuse blooming in late May to early June with later flushes in late summer and fall, upstanding flower spikes appearing well above the foliage, the sky blue flowers fading to pale blue and then white giving a distinctive bicolor effect.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8231 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.