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US Plant Patent PP7456

Butterflies

Magnolia tree named Butterflies

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 9, 2009. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP7456
Filed
November 9, 1989
Granted
February 26, 1991
Expires
November 9, 2009

Abstract

A magnolia tree named Butterflies particularly characterized by its deep rich yellow flower color, thick display of cup-shaped flowers which are carried upright and are non-fading, start of vegetative growth only after tepals have fallen, pyramidal growing habit with single trunk and symmetrical branches, abundant dark green foliage, and hardiness to climate conditions in zones 5-9.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of magnolia tree named Butterflies, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7456 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.