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US Plant Patent PP35794

Auntie B

Physocarpus plant named ‘Auntie B’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 8, 2043.

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 PP35794, the photograph of Auntie B printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35794, 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
PP35794
Filed
August 8, 2023
Granted
May 7, 2024
Expires
August 8, 2043
Assignee
ZLESAK DAVID CHARLES
Inventor
ZLESAK DAVID CHARLES

Abstract

‘Auntie B’ is a new and distinct cultivar of Physocarpus opulifolius plant having an upright, mounded, dense plant habit; compact overall plant size; strong branching characteristics; small orange-red emerging foliage that matures to purple; short internode length; resistance to powdery mildew; corymbs of small blush-white flowers that are produced in late spring into early summer and reliably and abundantly again on vigorous current season stem terminals from mid-summer into fall; coral-pink to red follicle color when in full sun for about a month after fertilization; and ability to root and grow vigorously from softwood and semi-hardwood stem cuttings.

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 Physocarpus opulifolius plant named ‘Auntie B’ substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by an upright, mounded, dense plant habit; compact overall plant size; strong branching characteristics; small orange-red emerging foliage that matures to purple; short internode length; resistance to powdery mildew; corymbs of small blush-white flowers that are produced in late spring into early summer and reliably and abundantly again on vigorous current season stem terminals from mid-summer into fall; coral-pink to red follicle color when in full sun for about a month after fertilization; and ability to root and grow vigorously from softwood and semi-hardwood stem cuttings.

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