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US Plant Patent PP21479

Stardust

Hibiscus plant named ‘Stardust’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 18, 2028.

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 PP21479, the photograph of Stardust printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21479, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP21479
Filed
December 18, 2008
Granted
November 16, 2010
Expires
December 18, 2028
Assignee
FLEMING DAVID WHITMAN
Inventor
FLEMING DAVID WHITMAN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of winter hardy hibiscus plant named “Stardust ” is the result of a unique hybridization. This new and distinct cultivar is characterized primarily to its novelty by, its extreme cold hardiness to Zone 4, large, thick-textured, heavily streaked and speckled, red and pink flowers and its “maple-shaped” foliage with a bronze coloration, compactness of approximately 2½ feet, its vigorous and uniform breaking habit, and its floriferous nature from midsummer until frost.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of hardy Hibiscus plant, as herein shown and described, characterized by its compact nature, refined “maple-shaped” foliage of a bronze coloration, its large heavily streaked and speckled, red and pink flowers, its vigor and its hardiness.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21479 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.