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US Plant Patent PP32040

Dancing with Dragons

Hosta plant named ‘Dancing with Dragons’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 8, 2039.

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 PP32040, the photograph of Dancing with Dragons printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32040, 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
PP32040
Filed
November 8, 2019
Granted
August 4, 2020
Expires
November 8, 2039
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Dancing with Dragons’ of arching, ovate, strongly glaucous, blue-green leaves having a near white underside and wavy margins. The blue-green leaf coloration remains until near the end of the growing season. The flowers with white tepals having light lavender centers are tightly congested in verticils and individually on scapes above the foliage. ‘Dancing with Dragons’ has excellent compact mounded habit and is useful in the landscape, 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 ‘Dancing with Dragons’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32040 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.