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US Plant Patent PP30832

Blue Elf

Hosta plant named ‘Blue Elf’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 1, 2038.

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 PP30832, the photograph of Blue Elf printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP30832, 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
PP30832
Filed
February 1, 2018
Granted
August 20, 2019
Expires
February 1, 2038
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Blue Elf’ with rounded, glaucous, blue-green leaves having a near white underside. The blue-green leaf coloration remains until near the end of the growing season. The flowers are held on tightly congested scapes just above the foliage. ‘Blue Elf’ has excellent dwarf characteristics and is useful in the miniature garden, as edging or front of the landscape border, in containers, as a specimen or en masse.

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 Hosta plant cultivar named Hosta ‘Blue Elf’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP30832 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.