September Sun

September Sun

Seaside alder named ‘September Sun’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 21, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 22, 2023. This patent earned 60 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18101, the photograph of September Sun printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18101, 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.

Abstract

A new variety of Alnus maritima subsp. oklahomensis plant named ‘September Sun’ that is characterized by fast vertical growth of ≈89 cm (35 inches) per year over the first two years after establishment in the landscape and fast canopy volume growth of ≈4.8 m3 (170 cubic feet) during the second year after establishment. The strobili (infructescences) of ‘September Sun’ are small (17 mm long and 10.2 mm wide) and slender (length:width ratio=1.7) compared to the average for oklahomensis. In combination, these traits set ‘September Sun’ apart from all other existing varieties of Alnus maritima subsp. oklahomensis known to the inventors.

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1. A new and distinct variety of seaside alder plant named ‘September Sun,’ substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by fast growth, dense foliation, and symmetrically shaped individual plants that become mottled blends of orange, yellow and rich brown in autumnal conditions.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18101 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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