US Plant Patent PP12294
Bailbelle
Lilac plant named ‘Bailbelle’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 8, 2019. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP12294
- Filed
- December 8, 1999
- Granted
- December 18, 2001
- Expires
- December 8, 2019
- Assignee
- BAILEY NURSERIES INC
- Inventor
- HOLLAND NEAL S
Abstract
A new and distinct highly ornamental variety of Syringa meyerixSyringa microphylla is provided. A Lilac plant having a neat and compact growth habit is described. Highly attractive trusses of wine-colored buds are formed which open during late spring to display pink blossoms having a spicy fragrance. Good winter hardiness is made possible and the plant has been relatively free of insect and disease problems during observations to date. The plant is particularly well-suited for growing as an ornamental specimen or as a mass planting in the landscape.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct Syringa meyeri×Syringa microphylla plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) Exhibits a compact growth habit, (b) Forms attractive trusses of wine-colored buds that mature during late spring into pink blossoms having a spicy fragrance, (c) Exhibits good winter hardiness, and (d) Is well-suited for growing as a distinctive ornamental shrub in the landscape; substantially as illustrated and described.
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