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US Plant Patent PP17644

Forest Fire

Hosta plant named ‘Forest Fire’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 13, 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17644, the photograph of Forest Fire printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17644, 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
PP17644
Filed
October 13, 2005
Granted
April 24, 2007
Expires
October 13, 2025
Assignee
CLIFFORD JOHN K, CLIFFORD KEN J
Inventor
CLIFFORD JOHN K; CLIFFORD KEN J

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Forest Fire’, a sport of Hosta ‘Sagae’, that is characterized by its variegated foliage having cordate-shaped leaves with glaucous green centers and margins that emerge yellow-green and turn creamy white as the leaf matures. A combination of new leaves and mature leaves results in a two-toned effect. The margins of ‘Forest Fire’ comprise about one fourth of the leaf area. ‘Forest Fire’ is a medium-large sized Hosta with an upright, mounded habit, and pale lavender flowers that are held above the foliage in mid summer.

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 ‘Forest Fire’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17644 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.