US Plant Patent PP9499
Frau Katsuko
Hydrangea plant named `Frau Katsuko`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 29, 2015. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP9499
- Filed
- March 29, 1995
- Granted
- April 9, 1996
- Expires
- March 29, 2015
- Assignee
- MIYOSHI & CO LTD
- Inventor
- EBIHARA HIROSHI
Abstract
This invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) named `Frau Katsuko` which originated as a seedling from the inventor's controlled hybridization of the Hydrangea macrophylla cultivars `Madam Blumkock` and `Silver-Edge` and is distinguished from its parents by the combination of its pigmentation pattern in its sepals which is predominently colored with deep, irregular, white edges; its deeply serrated, ruffled edges; and its dense inflorescence that does not require staking for support. Pigmentation is darkest at base of sepal, fading slightly as it progresses along the length and width of the sepal, and then turns white as far as 5 mm from edge. The sepals of `Madam Blumkock` are uniformy pigmented one color, while the sepals of `Silver-Edge` are also uniformly pigmented except the sepal edges are white. The new variety `Frau Katsuko` further possesses the favorable characteristics of a compact growth habit, long lasting large flowers and it is easily forced in a greenhouse for flowering in the spring without growth regulation.
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 hybrid plant variety of the Saxifragaceae family substantially as herein shown and described.
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