US Plant Patent PP10772
Alexandra
Weigela plant named `Alexandra`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 4, 2017. 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
- PP10772
- Filed
- September 4, 1997
- Granted
- February 2, 1999
- Expires
- September 4, 2017
- Assignee
- SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
- Inventor
- GEERS HERMAN
Abstract
A distinct cultivar of Weigela plant named `Alexandra`, characterized by its erect growth habit that eventually becomes spreading and arching; large dark reddish brown leaves with contrasting bright green midveins; leaf color that darkens during the summer; large and long-lasting dark pink flowers that become dark red with subsequent development; and moderate to rapid growth rate.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Weigela plant named `Alexandra`, as illustrated and described.
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