Dancing on the Sun

Hosta plant named ‘Dancing on the Sun’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 29, 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 PP35944, the photograph of Dancing on the Sun printed in the patent.

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Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Dancing on the Sun’ produces large rounded mounds of broadly lanceolate to narrowly cordate leaves of yellowish color. The large-sized leaves have a matte upper surface and glaucous underside. The flowers are white with light lavender centers and pale lavender backs. Flowers are attractively subtended by floral bracts making the whole scape more effective. ‘Dancing on the Sun’ is useful in the landscape, as a container plant, a specimen, or en masse.

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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Hosta plant named Hosta ‘Dancing on the Sun’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP35944 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

Dancing on the Sun

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