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US Plant Patent PP28145

Blue Paradise

Schizachyrium plant named ‘Blue Paradise’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 12, 2036.

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 PP28145, the photograph of Blue Paradise printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28145, 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
PP28145
Filed
May 12, 2016
Granted
June 27, 2017
Expires
May 12, 2036
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of little bluestem plant, Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Blue Paradise’ has a dense, upright habit. Early foliage coloration becomes nearly a silvery blue that develops into deep wine coloration by fall. The flowers remain effective with reddish-purple tinting into winter and the stems are strongly resistant to lodging.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct ornamental cultivar of little bluestem plant, Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Blue Paradise’, as herein described and illustrated, for landscaping the garden en masse or individually.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28145 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.