Bailming

Bailming

Lilac plant named ‘Bailming’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 1, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 3, 2024. This patent earned 88 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16349, the photograph of Bailming printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16349, 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 meyeri×Syringa microphylla is provided. A Lilac plant having a rounded uniform compact growth habit is described. Highly attractive trusses of fragrant red purple blossoms are formed in late spring that fade to lavender pink. The plant has good winter hardiness and 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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1. A new and distinct Syringa meyeri×Syringa microphylla plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a rounded uniform compact growth habit, (b) forms attractive trusses of fragrant red purple blossoms in late spring that fade to lavender pink, (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 PP16349 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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