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US Plant Patent PP33266

Hope Springs Eternal

Hosta plant named ‘Hope Springs Eternal’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 18, 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 PP33266, the photograph of Hope Springs Eternal printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33266, 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
PP33266
Filed
December 18, 2020
Granted
July 13, 2021
Expires
December 18, 2040
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Hope Springs Eternal’ with medium, rounded-mound habit of heavy-substance, stiff, variegated foliage. Leaves are glaucous, broadly ovate with undulate margins, creamy-white margins, bluish-green centers and intermediate colors between. Flowers have pale purple margins with slightly darker veins, held above foliage beginning in early July. The new plant is attractive for landscaping in the garden as a specimen, in mass and as a container.

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 ornamental plant cultivar named Hosta ‘Hope Springs Eternal’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP33266 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.