US Plant Patent PP37187
Jester's Hat
Epimedium plant named ‘Jester's Hat’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends September 9, 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
- PP37187
- Filed
- September 9, 2025
- Granted
- December 30, 2025
- Expires
- September 9, 2045
- Assignee
- WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
- Inventor
- HANSEN HANS A
Abstract
A new cultivar of Epimedium plant named ‘Jester's Hat’ characterized by its medium size habit, evergreen foliage. The flowers are golden yellow spurs with reddish sepals on airy branched corymbs beginning in late spring. The foliage has three leaflets of light chartreuse with large segments of reddish in cooler conditions and becoming deep green in summer.
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It is claimed: 1 . A new and distinct cultivar of Epimedium plant named ‘Jester's Hat’ as herein described and illustrated.
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