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US Plant Patent PP17294

Lonesome Dove

Hosta plant named ‘Lonesome Dove’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 6, 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 PP17294, the photograph of Lonesome Dove printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17294, 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
PP17294
Filed
October 6, 2005
Granted
December 19, 2006
Expires
October 6, 2025
Assignee
SHADY OAKS NURSERY LLC
Inventor
HANSEN HANS ANDREW

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Lonesome Dove’, that is characterized by its variegated foliage with glaucous green margins comprising about two thirds of the leaf area and creamy white centers that are primarily ovate in shape with additional areas radiating from the base of the leaf. An intermediate lighter green area occurs between the boundaries of the margins and centers and also radiating out from the leaf base. ‘Lonesome Dove’ is a medium sized Hosta with an upright mounded plant habit that blooms in mid summer with lavender flowers that that are held above the foliage on erect scapes.

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 ‘Lonesome Dove’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17294 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.