US Plant Patent PP35397
TMWG17-18
Weigela plant named ‘TMWG17-18’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends November 22, 2042.
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The record
- Patent number
- PP35397
- Filed
- November 22, 2022
- Granted
- September 26, 2023
- Expires
- November 22, 2042
- Assignee
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- Inventor
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Abstract
A new cultivar of Weigela plant named ‘TMWG17-18’ that is characterized by its compact mounding growth habit, dark olive-green emerging spring foliage, very dark purple summer foliage which is almost black when exposed to direct sun, red-purple flower buds, and dark pink tubular flowers borne in cymes ranging from eight to fourteen flowers per cyme.
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I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Weigela plant named ‘TMWG17-18’ as described and illustrated herein.
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