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US Plant Patent PP15912

White Robe

Hydrangea plant named ‘White Robe’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 28, 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 PP15912, the photograph of White Robe printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15912, 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
PP15912
Filed
June 28, 2002
Granted
August 9, 2005
Expires
June 28, 2022
Assignee
BAY CITY FLOWER CO
Inventor
HIGAKI HARRISON

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) named ‘White Robe’ originated as a cutting taken from the cultivar ‘Buffie’. The cultivar ‘White Robe’ has white sepals at maturity and is distinguished from other similar cultivars of which the inventor is aware by the unique manner in which the inflorescence ages. As the mature sepals age and turn green they are highly resistant to burning and turning brown The new variety ‘White Robe’ further possesses the favorable characteristics of a compact growth habit and long lasting large inflorescences.

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

1. A new and distinct Hydrangea macrophylla plant named ‘White Robe’ substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15912 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.