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US Plant Patent PP22248

Centennial Blush

Magnolia plant named ‘Centennial Blush’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 29, 2030.

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 PP22248, the photograph of Centennial Blush printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22248, 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
PP22248
Filed
June 29, 2010
Granted
November 15, 2011
Expires
June 29, 2030
Assignee
UNIV GEORGIA, DIRR MICHAEL A
Inventor
DIRR MICHAEL A

Abstract

A new Magnolia plant variety, ‘Centennial Blush’, is provided. ‘Centennial Blush’ is a new and distinct cultivar of the plant Magnolia stellata , which is characterized by dense conical pyramidal habit, large 12 to 14 cm wide flowers composed of 46 tepals, flower bud development at most nodes resulting in heaviest flowering of any known varieties of Magnolia stellata , and ability to set numerous flower buds as a 2 to 3-year-old plant.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of Magnolia stellata plant named ‘Centennial Blush’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22248 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.