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US Plant Patent PP25507

BC8.3

Hydrangea plant named ‘BC8.3’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 8, 2033.

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 PP25507, the photograph of BC8.3 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25507, 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
PP25507
Filed
April 8, 2013
Granted
May 5, 2015
Expires
April 8, 2033
Assignee
BAY CITY FLOWER CO, HIGAKI HARRISON M
Inventor
HIGAKI HARRISON M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) named ‘BC8.3’ originated as a controlled cross between varieties. The cultivar ‘BC8.3’ can be blue or red depending on the acidity of the soil and the presence of aluminum. The variety ‘BC8.3’ has compact, attractive inflorescences with large sepalous florets that do not completely hide the non-sepalous florets at the center of the cyme, attractive sepal pigmentation, and stems that branch easily and are relatively strong. When grown without aluminum, the upper sides of the sepals of the sepalous florets are primarily R.H.S. 73 A (red-purple group) at the center of the floret and the sepals are R.H.S 56 A (red group) at their periphery.

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 Hydrangea macrophylla plant named ‘BC8.3’ substantially as herein shown and described.

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