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US Plant Patent PP33276

Pink Sparkles

Phlox plant named ‘Pink Sparkles’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 18, 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 PP33276, the photograph of Pink Sparkles printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33276, 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
PP33276
Filed
December 18, 2020
Granted
July 20, 2021
Expires
December 18, 2040
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A unique cultivar of Hybrid Creeping Phlox named ‘Pink Sparkles’ characterized by moderately-vigorous, dense, spreading, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy habit with short, bright-green, shiny, linear leaves. Flowering begins in mid-spring and continuing for up to six weeks in cooler weather conditions, on heavily-branched peduncles and completely cover the plant in peak season. Petals are soft baby-pink with darker eye marks and a center than lightens with maturity. The petals have a medium deep notch and the tips of the petals. The new plant is able to withstand dry conditions once established, and the foliage stays clean and resists mildew. The new plant is especially suitable for the landscape as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.

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 a Hybrid Creeping Phlox, Phlox plant named ‘Pink Sparkles’, as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP33276 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.