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US Plant Patent PP29478

Spiced Plum

Lagerstroemia plant named ‘Spiced Plum’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 25, 2037.

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 PP29478, the photograph of Spiced Plum printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29478, 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
PP29478
Filed
January 25, 2017
Granted
July 10, 2018
Expires
January 25, 2037
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Spiced Plum’ has a dense, compact, upright to slightly outright habit forming a rounded mound, is ground hardy to at least USDA zone 6 and shows resistance to leaf spot and powdery mildew. The lightly fragrant flowers are raspberry-purple opening from rosy-red buds on dark red stems, and foliage emerges tinted with burgundy red and slowly matures to deep green. The new plant is useful for landscaping as a specimen or en masse, or for use in showy containers.

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

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

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29478 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.