Camellia 'Elina'

Elina has been in a pot in a shady part of my Zone 7A garden for over a year. I bought a 2-quart pot from Camellia Forest Nursery in the...Read More spring of 2016, thinking that it would be ideal for a bonsai, due to its delicate leaves and flowers. It doesn't even look that much like other camellias. It has grown a bit during the year, blossomed in March/April, and is healthy, putting out new leaves now. Elina is a cute and graceful little plant, with arching branches. I haven't performed any Bonsai torturing on it yet. Was it patented in 2001, making it available for propagation in 2021, or how does that work?