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US Plant Patent PP16662

Bailina

Lilac plant named ‘Bailina’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 21, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 28, 2025. This patent earned 84 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16662, the photograph of Bailina printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16662, 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
PP16662
Filed
April 28, 2005
Granted
June 13, 2006
Expires
July 21, 2025
Assignee
BAILEY NURSERIES INC
Inventor
HOLLAND NEAL S

Abstract

A new and distinct highly ornamental cultivar of Syringa meyeri×Syringa microphylla is provided. A Lilac plant having a generally rounded to oval uniform compact dwarf growth habit is described. Highly attractive densely packed trusses of intensely sweet smelling medium pink buds that open to light pink florets are formed in late spring and subsequently fade to almost white at maturity. 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 particularly when grown in full sun in well drained soil. The plant is suitable for growing in U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone Nos. 4 to 7. The plant is well-suited for growing as an ornamental specimen or as a mass planting in the landscape. The plant also can be grown as a foundation planting or as an informal hedge.

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1. A new and distinct Syringa meyeri×Syringa microphylla plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a generally rounded to oval uniform compact dwarf growth habit, (b) forms in late spring densely packed attractive trusses of intensely sweet smelling medium pink buds that open to light pink florets that fade to almost white at full maturity, (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.

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