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US Plant Patent PP15160

Cassini

Photinia plant named ‘Cassini’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 21, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 1, 2022. This patent earned 20 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15160, the photograph of Cassini printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15160, 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
PP15160
Filed
July 1, 2002
Granted
September 21, 2004
Expires
July 21, 2022
Assignee
CP DELAWARE INC
Inventor
TANCREDI JR ROBERT J

Abstract

A new and distinct highly ornamental variety of Photinia×fraseri plant is provided. An upright outwardly-spreading shrub is described that has a more compact growth habit as the plant ages than commonly is displayed by Photinia×fraseri. Attractive variegated foliage is displayed. Initially the foliage is reddish with pink margins that changes to green with pink margins. Finally the leaf margins mature to near white with near white and silver splashes over the green medial upper surfaces of the leaves. The new variety propagates well by the use of stem cuttings and grows well in U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone Nos. 6(b) to 10. The plant is well suited for growing as an ornamental specimen or in the form of a distinctive hedge. Also, the unusual color foliage can be used to advantage as a part of 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 Photinia×fraseri plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) an upright outwardly-spreading broad-leaved evergreen shrub that has a more compact growth habit as the plant ages than commonly is displayed by Photinia×fraseri, (b) forms distinctive variegated foliage that is initially reddish with pink margins, and with the margins finally maturing to near white with near white and silver splashes over the green median upper surfaces of the leaves, (c) propagates well by the use of stem cuttings, and (d) is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in the landscape; substantially as herein shown and described.

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