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US Plant Patent PP34284

Seasons in the Sun

Hosta plant named ‘Seasons in the Sun’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 10, 2042.

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 PP34284, the photograph of Seasons in the Sun printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP34284, 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
PP34284
Filed
January 10, 2022
Granted
May 31, 2022
Expires
January 10, 2042
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Seasons in the Sun’ producing medium-sized rounded mounds of basal, cordate to nearly rounded, leaves with mucronulate apices, cordate bases and slightly wavy margins. The leaves are chartreuse beginning in spring and become a light yellow with sufficient sunlight as the season progresses. The campanulate flowers are near white with light lavender center stripes and are held just above the foliage beginning in early July. ‘Seasons in the Sun’ 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 Hosta ‘Seasons in the Sun’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP34284 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.