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US Plant Patent PP14087

Springwood

Tiarella plant named ‘Springwood’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 8, 2021. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14087, the photograph of Springwood printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14087, 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
PP14087
Filed
June 8, 2001
Granted
August 19, 2003
Expires
June 8, 2021
Assignee
CP DELAWARE INC
Inventor
LIGHTY STEPHEN K; TREADWELL ANGELA J

Abstract

A new variety of Tiarella cordifolia var. collina plant is provided that is well suited for growing as a distinctive ground cover. The new variety exhibits a compact mounding clump growth habit with the substantial absence of runners. Attractive white flowers are formed on unbranched flower stalks. The lobed leaves are ovate in configuration and possess a matte finish. During the summer the leaves are green and bear somewhat maroon centers. During the fall, the leaves assume a red coloration of variable intensity. The available choices of ornamental ground covers are expanded.

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 Tiarella cordifolia var. collina plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a compact mounding clump growth habit with the substantial absence of runners, (b) forms attractive white flowers on unbranched flower stalks, (c) forms lobed ovate green leaves having a matte finish during the summer that bear somewhat maroon centers and turn red of variable intensity during the fall, and (d) is particularly well suited for growing as a distinctive ornamental ground cover; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14087 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.