Baildust

Baildust

Lilac plant named ‘Baildust’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 31, 2022. 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 PP15152, the photograph of Baildust printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15152, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct highly ornamental cultivar of Syringa meyerixSyringa microphylla is provided. A Lilac plant having a rounded neat compact growth habit is described. Highly attractive trusses of fragrant pale antique pink blossoms are formed in late spring and sometimes also during late summer. Good winter hardiness is made possible and the plant has been found to be 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.

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I claim: 1. A new and distinct Syringa meyeri×Syringa microphylla plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a rounded neat compact growth habit, (b) forms attractive trusses of fragrant pale antique pink blossoms in late spring and sometimes also during late summer, (c) is relatively free of insect and disease problems, and (d) is well-suited for growing as a distinctive ornamental shrub in the landscape; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15152 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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