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US Plant Patent PP18396

HOWW

Leucothoe plant named ‘HOWW’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 31, 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 PP18396, the photograph of HOWW printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18396, 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
PP18396
Filed
August 31, 2006
Granted
January 1, 2008
Expires
August 31, 2026
Assignee
HEAD ORNAMENTALS INC
Inventor
HEAD WILLIAM A; HEAD ROBERT H; HEAD LISA JONES

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Leucothoe plant named ‘HOWW’, characterized by its deliquescent mounding fountain-like shrub; vigorous growth habit; fully expanded leaves are green and greyed-green mottled with distinct ivory white-colored margins; developing leaves with reddish overtones; freely flowering plant habit; white-colored flowers arranged in long racemes, good garden performance; and relative resistance to Phytophthora root rot.

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

1. A new and distinct Leucothoe plant named ‘HOWW’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18396 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.