US Plant Patent PP15477

Little Honey

Hydrangea plant named ‘Little Honey’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 28, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 11, 2023. This patent earned 17 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15477
Filed: December 11, 2003
Granted: January 11, 2005
Expires: December 28, 2023
Inventor: JARZYNKA DAVID

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Little Honey’ that is characterized by compact spreading habit, panicles of white flowers in summer, golden-chartreuse foliage in summer that turns scarlet in fall, and red stem color in winter. In combination these traits set ‘Little Honey’ apart from all other existing varieties of Hydrangea known to the inventor.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Little Honey’

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