Dark Roast

Dark Roast

Lagerstroemia plant named ‘Dark Roast’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 24, 2039.

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 PP32954, the photograph of Dark Roast printed in the patent.

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Abstract

The new and distinct crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Dark Roast’ has a dense, short, compact, broadly-rounded habit, is ground hardy to at least USDA zone 6, has semi-glossy, mahogany-colored foliage becoming deep green at flowering time. The flowers arise from shiny, deep-red buds, are lightly fragrant, covering the shrub with their bright fuchsia-pink color. The new plant resists leaf spot and powdery mildew and is useful in the landscape as a specimen, en masse, or as a container plant.

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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Dark Roast’ essentially as herein illustrated and described.

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