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US Plant Patent PP36700

Moment to Treasure

Hosta plant named ‘Moment to Treasure’

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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP36700, the photograph of Moment to Treasure printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36700, 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
PP36700
Filed
December 20, 2024
Granted
May 20, 2025
Expires
December 20, 2044
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Moment to Treasure’ produces large rounded mounds of large, broadly ovate, variegated leaves with acute apices and cordate bases. The leaves are variegated having bluish-green margins, the centers the center is a golden yellow, with intermediate color separation between the margin and center of variably large segments of several shades of chartreuse. The large leaves are slightly bullate and glaucous on the top and bottom. The campanulate flowers are pale lavender appearing in late June and continuing for about three weeks. Each flower is attractively subtended by a floral bract that has a greenish margin with a pale yellow center and a chartreuse intermediate zone. ‘Moment to Treasure’ 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 ‘Moment to Treasure’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36700 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.