Niagara falls

Niagara falls

Panicum plant named ‘Niagara falls’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 28, 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 PP34509, the photograph of Niagara falls printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP34509, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct plant of ornamental Switch Grass named Panicum ‘Niagara Falls’ with wide, blue-green, broadly-arching foliage that retains its coloration into the fall. The upright and dense culms produce medium-height plants with broadly-spreading airy panicles beginning greyed reddish-purple and becoming tan seed heads that are retained into winter. The broadly-arching foliage produces a wide skirt effect below the panicles. The new plant is useful in the landscape as a specimen, en masse, or in a container.

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I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Switch Grass, Panicum plant named ‘Niagara Falls’, as herein described and illustrated.

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Abstract