Whit LXXXI

Whit LXXXI

Heptacodium miconioides plant named ‘Whit LXXXI’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 4, 2041.

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 PP33515, the photograph of Whit LXXXI printed in the patent.

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Abstract

A new and distinct Heptacodium miconioides, Fall Festival Tree aka Seven Sons Flower, designated cultivar ‘Whit LXXXI’ providing year round interest in the landscape. The color begins with early emergence of dark green leaves, followed by a floral show of flowers in late summer or early fall, large concentrations of fragrant white flowers, then after flowers fall, sepals elongate from barely visible to ⅜ to ⅝ inch and turn crimson creating a second flower-like show in the landscape then after the sepal show is stopped and leaves drop due to frost, the outer bark sloughs off revealing white bark that remains a color show in the landscape until early spring when leaves emerge again. ‘Whit LXXXI’ is cold hardy to −30 F., but also does well where little or no frost occurs, roughly zones 4 through 9. Free of disease or insect problems.

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I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Heptacodium miconioides plant named ‘WHIT LXXXI’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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