US Plant Patent PP8676
Benifuji
Pink dogwood "Benifuji"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 27, 2012. 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
- PP8676
- Filed
- July 27, 1992
- Granted
- April 5, 1994
- Expires
- July 27, 2012
- Assignee
- HAGIWARA TOSHIHIRO, ISHIKAWA HISAO, YAMASHITA NOBUO
- Inventor
- YAMASHITA NOBUO; ISHIKAWA HISAO; HAGIWARA TOSHIHIRO
Abstract
A new and distinct variety, called "Benifuji", of a pink dogwood tree substantially as herein shown and described characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of the appearance of a large number of branches with an upright limb growth habit, as tall as the known variety "Miss Satomi", having leaves of medium size substantially equivalent to the wild varieties, a flower diameter of approximately 8-9 cm with the color of the flower being deep purplish pink and the distance between branches being small. The plant substantially does not become unbalanced as a result of trimming.
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What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of pink dogwood plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of appearance of (1) a large number of branches and upright limb growth habit, (2) as tall as known variety "Miss Satomi", (3) medium size leaves equivalent to wild varieties, (4) a flower diameter of approximately 8-9 cm, (5) the color of the flower being deep purplish pink and (6) distance between branches is small and hardly becomes unbalanced as a result of pruning.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8676 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.