US Plant Patent PP18255

ZORRO

Hydrangea plant named ‘ZORRO’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 18, 2025. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP18255
Filed: November 18, 2005
Granted: November 27, 2007
Expires: November 18, 2025
Assignee: VAN ZOEST B V ANDRE
Inventor: VAN ZOEST B V ANDRE

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘ZORRO’ that is characterized by prominent dark purple-brown stems, dark green foliage and bright pink flowers. In combination these traits set ‘ZORRO’ 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 ‘ZORRO’ as described and illustrated herein.

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