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US Plant Patent PP21436

Pink Cotton Candy

Stachys plant named ‘Pink Cotton Candy’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 25, 2029.

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 PP21436, the photograph of Pink Cotton Candy printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21436, 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
PP21436
Filed
September 25, 2009
Granted
November 2, 2010
Expires
September 25, 2029
Assignee
CHICAGOLAND GROWS INC
Inventor
HAWKE RICHARD

Abstract

A new cultivar of Stachys plant, ‘Pink Cotton Candy’, characterized by its flowers that are bright pink and two-toned in color with the upper lip of the petals lighter pink in color than the lower lip of the petals, its combination of newly opened flowers and fading flowers that impart an addition two-tone effect to the inflorescences, its free-flowering habit with an abundance of blooms produces for at least 8 weeks during the summer months, its robust and dense mound of deep green foliage with upright flowering stems arising above the foliage, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A Zones 4 to 8.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of Stachys plant designated ‘Pink Cotton Candy’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21436 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.