US Plant Patent PP9398
Conor
Raphiolepis indica variety named `Conor`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 10, 2015. 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
- PP9398
- Filed
- February 10, 1995
- Granted
- December 12, 1995
- Expires
- February 10, 2015
- Assignee
- FLOWERWOOD NURSERY INC
- Inventor
- BERRY JAMES B
Abstract
A new distinct variety of Raphiolepis indica found as an openly pollinated seedling of Raphiolepis indica `Jack Evans`. The new variety is distinct with its thick leathery upturned leaves with revolute margins, bronze new growth, dense and mounding growth hibit, pink semi-double flowers, improved cold hardiness, and increased resistance to leaf spot and fireblight.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and unique variety of Raphiolepis indica plant named Raphiolepis indica `Conor` as herein shown and described, is characterized by its dense and mounding growth habit, slow growth rate, thick leathery upturned leaves with unique revolute margins, bronze new growth and fragrant semi-double pink flowers; the landscape value of this plant is increased by the improved cold hardiness and resistance to leaf spot and fireblight as well as its tolerance of heat, drought, wind, salt, insects, and soil type.
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