US Plant Patent PP20316

Zulu

Hydrangea plant named ‘Zulu’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 15, 2028.

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: PP20316
Filed: September 15, 2008
Granted: September 15, 2009
Expires: September 15, 2028
Assignee: KLAVEREN ARIE D
Inventor: KLAVEREN ARIE D

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘Zulu’ that is characterized by its strong stems that are dark purple-brown to purple-black in color, its dwarf plant habit, its dark green foliage, and its mophead type inflorescences that form a flattened mound and are pink in color (bluer in color depending with alkaline pH and sufficient aluminum levels).

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 ‘Zulu’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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