US Plant Patent PP15239

Sweet Carol

Hydrangea hybrid plant named ‘Sweet Carol’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 3, 2023. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15239, the photograph of Sweet Carol printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15239, 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: PP15239
Filed: February 3, 2003
Granted: October 19, 2004
Expires: February 3, 2023
Assignee: HINES NURSERIES INC
Inventor: GRAY JOSEPH

Abstract

A new plant variety of Hydrangea hybrid characterized by its large lacecap inflorescence, which is reminiscent of its macrophylla lineage, while being substantially hardier than macrophylla cultivars; the white-eye zone on sterile inflorescences when young; deeply serrated leaves; and merlot colored fall foliage.

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 variety of Hydrangea hybrid plant, named ‘Sweet Carol’, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15239 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.