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US Plant Patent PP17370

Jade Frost

Eryngium planum plant named ‘Jade Frost’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 12, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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 PP17370, the photograph of Jade Frost printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17370, 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
PP17370
Filed
September 12, 2005
Granted
January 16, 2007
Expires
September 12, 2025
Inventor
CAVE JAMES ANDREW; CAVE MEGAN KATHRYN

Abstract

A new and distinct Eryngium planum plant characterized by blue green leaves with prominent white margins, new leaves with pink edges in cool night temperatures, violet blue-colored flowers and flowering stem branches, and excellent vigor.

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

1. A new and distinct Eryngium planum plant as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17370 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.