Tears in Heaven

Tears in Heaven

Hosta plant named ‘Tears in Heaven’

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 PP33297, the photograph of Tears in Heaven printed in the patent.

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Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Tears in Heaven’ with an arching, rounded-mound habit of dense, cordate foliage of heavy glaucous bluish-colored above and whitish-blue below, retaining the glaucous covering until the end of summer. Long lanceolate leaves with sharply pointed apices and tapered base have intensely undulate margins and the lateral edges are folded upwardly veins with moderate dimpling between the veins and sinuate margins. The plant has pale lavender outer tepals with the tepals inside distinctly striped in the middle of the tepals with a darker lavender and white on the margins. The new plant is attractive and useful in landscaping as a specimen, in mass, or as a containerized plant by itself or in combination with other plants.

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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct ornamental plant cultivar named Hosta ‘Tears in Heaven’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP33297 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

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Abstract