US Plant Patent PP34953

VBL1

Weigela plant named ‘VBL1’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 6, 2042.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP34953
Filed: May 6, 2022
Granted: January 31, 2023
Expires: May 6, 2042
Assignee: VERHOEF GIJSBERTUS, BERT VERHOEF BOOMKWEKERIJ B V
Inventor: VERHOEF GIJSBERTUS

Abstract

A new cultivar of Weigela florida plant named ‘VBL1’ that is characterized by its compact plant habit, its young foliage that is brown in color and mature foliage that is brown-green in color, its floriferous blooming habit that is moderately remontant; blooming in May with a second blooming period in August and September, and its flowers that are red-purple in color.

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 ‘VBL1’ as herein illustrated and described.

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