BTI

BTI

Hydrangea plant named ‘BTI’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 29, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 15, 2032. This patent earned 14 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23749, the photograph of BTI printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23749, 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.

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘BTI’ that is characterized by its mophead inflorescences with double sterile flowers that range in color from yellow-green to light pink to dark pink as they mature and may have inflorescences of different ages and colors on the plant simultaneously, its lack of fertile flowers, its large dark grey-green leaves, its height of about 50 cm, its rigid, strong stems that are dark red purple in color, and its continuous bloom from early April to September.

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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘BTI’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23749 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

The record

Abstract