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US Plant Patent PP36887

Leaving Me Breathless

Hosta plant named ‘Leaving Me Breathless’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 20, 2044.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record

Patent number
PP36887
Filed
December 20, 2024
Granted
August 12, 2025
Expires
December 20, 2044
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Leaving Me Breathless’ produces medium-sized low mounds. The foliage is in basal rosettes, broadly ovate, leaves with long narrowly acute apices, cordate bases and slightly wavy margins. The leaves are variegated having bluish-green margins and pale-yellow to creamy white centers with intermediate color separation between the margin and center of variably large segments of several shades of chartreuse. The medium-sized leaves have a glaucous matte top and bottom. The broadly campanulate flowers are pale purple with white edges appearing beginning in mid-July. Each flower is attractively subtended by a floral bract that mimics the leaf variegation making the scape showy for long periods. ‘Leaving Me Breathless’ is useful in the landscape, as a container plant, 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 named ‘Leaving Me Breathless’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36887 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.