C.A. Hildebrant's

Viburnum plant named ‘C.A. Hildebrant's’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 10, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 17, 2024. This patent earned 54 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16889, the photograph of C.A. Hildebrant's printed in the patent.

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Abstract

The new Viburnum wrightii cultivar is provided that was created through an extensive controlled crossing and selection program using unreleased and unnamed parent plants. The growth habit is very dense and compact. Attractive dense relatively flat clusters of white flowers commonly are produced during mid-May to early June. Also, attractive red berries of unusually long persistence are formed. The cold hardiness is good. The new cultivar is well suited to provide attractive colorful ornamentation in gardens and in the landscape over an extended period of time.

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1. A new and distinct Viburnum wrightii plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) displays a very dense and compact growth habit, (b) produces in abundance during mid-May to early-June attractive dense relatively flat clusters of white flowers, (c) forms attractive bright red berries of long persistence, and (d) displays good cold hardiness; substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16889 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

C.A. Hildebrant's

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