US Plant Patent PP26922
SMNWFMS
Weigela plant named ‘SMNWFMS’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 23, 2035.
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
- PP26922
- Filed
- January 23, 2015
- Granted
- July 12, 2016
- Expires
- January 23, 2035
- Assignee
- SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC, WOOD TIMOTHY D
- Inventor
- WOOD TIMOTHY D
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Weigela plant named ‘SMNWFMS’, characterized by its compact and low-mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; dark burgundy to almost black-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; red purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
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 Weigela plant named ‘SMNWFMS’ as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26922 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.