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US Plant Patent PP28920

First Blush

Hosta plant named ‘First Blush’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 29, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 14, 2036. This patent earned 15 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28920, the photograph of First Blush printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28920, 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
PP28920
Filed
January 14, 2016
Granted
January 30, 2018
Expires
January 29, 2036
Assignee
SOLBERG ROBERT M
Inventor
SOLBERG ROBERT M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hosta named ‘First Blush’, characterized by its medium sized mounding clump, green leaves with purplish-red colored petioles on both sides, that emerge with a thin purplish-red margin, become (“blush”) purplish-red on the upward side of the leaf blade in the space between the veins, and producing dark purple pink flowers on purplish-red scapes. In combination these traits set ‘First Blush’ apart from all other existing varieties of Hosta known to the inventor.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘First Blush’ as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28920 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.