US Plant Patent PP6411
Georgia Gem
Myrica cerifera var. pumila named `Georgia Gem`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 10, 2006. 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
- PP6411
- Filed
- November 10, 1986
- Granted
- November 22, 1988
- Expires
- November 10, 2006
- Assignee
- TWISTED OAKS NURSERY
- Inventor
- CRAVEN III WILLIAM H
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of dwarf southern waxmyrtle distinguished by its compact production of branches and leaves spaced from 35 to 65 mm. apart along the ground-parallel stem and the overall tightness of branching growth; its rich light yellow-green leaves that mature to dark olive green, which are smaller than those of the species, and which grown from more closely spaced nodes thereby producing a much denser foliage. The plant is an evergreen shrub that will withstand temperatures as low as 0° F., it has full sun or partial shade tolerance and the average linear growth of the main stem is approximately six inches per year.
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 variety of dwarf southern waxymyrtle, Myrica cerifera var. pumila, as herein shown and described, particularly characterized by its compact, broad spreading, suckering, mounded habit with small, dainty, olive-green leaves that are very closely spaced along the upright stems creating a dense foliage mass; an evergreen constitution with foliage maintaining, olive-green color in cold weather; and with a particular adaptability to dry, sandy soils, with full sun to partial shade tolerance.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6411 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.