Bailsugar

Bailsugar

Lilac plant named ‘Bailsugar’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 30, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 13, 2023. This patent earned 45 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15588, the photograph of Bailsugar printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15588, 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 neat compact dwarf growth habit is described. Highly attractive trusses of fragrant purple-lilac blossoms are formed in mid- to late-spring. 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 specimens 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 neat compact dwarf growth habit, (b) forms attractive trusses of fragrant purple-lilac blossoms in mid- to late-spring and after many early-flowering shrubs, (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 PP15588 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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