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US Plant Patent PP37379

Dragon's Lair

Astilbe plant named ‘Dragon's Lair’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 14, 2045.

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
PP37379
Filed
October 14, 2025
Granted
April 21, 2026
Expires
October 14, 2045
Inventor
Hans A. Hansen

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid of Astilbe plant named ‘Dragon's Lair’ has mounded habit producing purplish-grey triternate foliage that is topped with tall, upright, stiff, dark-burgundy, upright, and densely branched panicles with numerous, densely-clustered rosy-purple flowers. The new plant is a rapid grower, shows heat and sun tolerance, and is useful in the landscape, in containers, or as a cut flower.

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 Astilbe plant named ‘Dragon's Lair’ as herein described and illustrated.

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