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US Plant Patent PP35809

Watermelon Sugar

Echinacea plant named ‘Watermelon Sugar’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 25, 2043.

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 PP35809, the photograph of Watermelon Sugar printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35809, 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
PP35809
Filed
July 25, 2023
Granted
May 14, 2024
Expires
July 25, 2043
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Watermelon Sugar’ of heavily branched plants, strong-stemmed, producing faintly fragrant inflorescences with wide ray florets magenta pink color transitioning to raspberry sherbet coloring and drooping and maturing to a light pinkish color. The center disk florets of watermelon-magenta produce a large center pompon. The new plant has dark-green ovate foliage, produces flowers from mid-summer to late summer, and is suitable as a potted plant, for the landscape, and for cut flower arrangements.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Watermelon Sugar’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP35809 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.