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US Plant Patent PP18688

Zebra

Hydrangea plant named ‘Zebra’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 23, 2026. 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 PP18688, the photograph of Zebra printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18688, 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
PP18688
Filed
August 23, 2006
Granted
April 1, 2008
Expires
August 23, 2026
Assignee
KLAVEREN ARIE D
Inventor
KLAVEREN ARIE D

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘Zebra’, a sport of Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Schneeball’ that is characterized by its pure white colored inflorescences that are borne on strong, nearly black flower stems.

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 ‘Zebra’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18688 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.