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US Plant Patent PP32323

Cover Girl

Phlox plant named ‘Cover Girl’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 30, 2040.

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 PP32323, the photograph of Cover Girl printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32323, 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
PP32323
Filed
January 30, 2020
Granted
October 13, 2020
Expires
January 30, 2040
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and unique hybrid cultivar of Phlox plant named Phlox ‘Cover Girl’ of tall, multi-stemmed, upright habit. Foliage is thick, with exceptional powdery mildew resistance on stiff stems. Lavender-purple are produced on large heads of branched peduncles and nearly cover the top of the plant beginning mid-July and continuing and reblooming for about seven weeks through late summer. ‘Cover Girl’ is especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies, and for cut flower arrangements.

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 hybrid Phlox plant named Phlox ‘Cover Girl’, as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32323 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.