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US Plant Patent PP33318

Drop-dead Gorgeous

Hosta plant named ‘Drop-dead Gorgeous’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 30, 2040.

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 PP33318, the photograph of Drop-dead Gorgeous printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33318, 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
PP33318
Filed
September 30, 2020
Granted
August 3, 2021
Expires
September 30, 2040
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Drop-dead Gorgeous’ of very large, arching, long, ovate, green leaves having wavy yellow margins. The flowers are white with light lavender veins and blushing. Prior to flower bud opening, the floral bracts produce a broad, short, light lavender, water-lily effect of compact lanceolate bracts. ‘Drop-dead Gorgeous’ has excellent very large mounded habit and is useful in the landscape, 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 ‘Drop-dead Gorgeous’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP33318 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.