US Plant Patent PP6026
Sammetglut
Rhododendron plant--Sammetglut variety
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 29, 2004. 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
- PP6026
- Filed
- July 17, 1984
- Granted
- September 29, 1987
- Expires
- September 29, 2004
- Assignee
- CONARD PYLE COMPANY
- Inventor
- HACHMANN HANS
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Rhododendron plant which originated as a chance seedling in a cultivated area is provided. The new variety produces flowers which are of a highly attractive clear bright red coloration on a well-branched compact plant which exhibits good tolerance to extremes in temperature.
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 variety of Rhododendron plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of: (a) a well-branched, compact plant of good vigor, (b) very attractive blossoms having a clean, bright red color, which contrasts handsomely with the white stamens, (c) winter hardiness to -25° C., and (d) an aptitude for rooting from mature cuttings which compares favorably with presently known varieties.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6026 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.