US Plant Patent PP17295

Cathedral Windows

Hosta plant named ‘Cathedral Windows’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 14, 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP17295
Filed: September 14, 2005
Granted: December 19, 2006
Expires: September 14, 2025
Assignee: SHADY OAKS NURSERY LLC
Inventor: HANSEN HANS ANDREW

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Cathedral Windows’, derived as a sport of ‘Stained Glass’ and characterized by wide dark green margins and bright yellow-green centers that intensify in color in summer. ‘Cathedral Windows’ blooms in late July to late August with nearly white flowers held above the foliage on erect scapes.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Cathedral Windows’ as herein illustrated and described.

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