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US Plant Patent PP32975

Firecracker

Digitalis hybrid plant named ‘Firecracker’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 14, 2040.

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

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP32975, the photograph of Firecracker printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32975, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP32975
Filed
July 14, 2020
Granted
April 13, 2021
Expires
July 14, 2040
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of intergeneric Digitalis hybrid plant named ‘Firecracker’ is characterized by sturdy, upright and dense habit with dark-green, serrate foliage and densely-branched flower stems with flowers that are open-faced, campanulate, self-cleaning, vivid yellowish-orange with reddish-purple undertones over a long period. The flowers produce an abundance of nectar and are attractive to hummingbirds in the landscape. The new plant is useful in the garden landscape, as a container plant 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 cultivar of Digitalis hybrid plant named ‘Firecracker’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32975 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.