US Plant Patent PP15175

Lady in Red

Hydrangea macrophylla plant named ‘Lady in Red’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 1, 2022. 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 PP15175, the photograph of Lady in Red printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15175, 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: PP15175
Filed: October 1, 2002
Granted: September 28, 2004
Expires: October 1, 2022
Assignee: UNIV GA RES FOUNDATION INC
Inventor: DIRR MICHAEL A

Abstract

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Lady in Red’ is a lacecap with the sterile florets of the inflorescences maturing from pale pink to burgundy rose. It has lustrous reddish-purple leaf venation, petiole and stem color, and the foliage develops a red-purple fall color. The plant has high mildew resistance.

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 macrophylla plant, substantially as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15175 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.