Patents Assigned to Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
  • Patent number: PP16217
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta hybrid Hosta ‘Hanky Panky’, a sport of Hosta ‘Striptease’, characterized by its unique variegated foliage with spring foliage having dark green centers and light green margins with a stripe of white that occurs at the junction of the center and the margin. The foliage changes in late summer and fall progresses and matures to a pattern having light centers with a deep green area replacing the white stripe area and greyed-yellow margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP16332
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Carex ciliato-marginata, ‘Treasure Island’ characterized by its variegated foliage with white margins and green centers, a spreading habit with suitable use as a groundcover and a vigorous growth rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP12402
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Titanic’, characterized by a unique variegation pattern with dark-green centers and relatively wide uneven yellow margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Patent number: PP12503
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Old Glory’, characterized by a unique variegation pattern with relatively wide dark-green margins and light-yellow centers. The new Hosta including clusters of lavender flowers positioned above the foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Patent number: PP16895
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Journey's End’, a sport of Hosta ‘Choo Choo Train’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with yellow-green centers and green margins comprising about one third to one half of the leaf area. ‘Journey's End’ has a mounded plant habit of large broad leaves, a vigorous growth rate, and pale lavender flowers held above the foliage in early to mid summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17251
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Rainbow's End’, a sport of Hosta ‘Obsession’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with dark green margins comprising about one third of the leaf area and centers that emerge yellow green and turn creamy white. ‘Rainbow's End’ is a medium sized Hosta with a mounded plant habit and pale violet flowers held above the foliage in late summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17294
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Lonesome Dove’, that is characterized by its variegated foliage with glaucous green margins comprising about two thirds of the leaf area and creamy white centers that are primarily ovate in shape with additional areas radiating from the base of the leaf. An intermediate lighter green area occurs between the boundaries of the margins and centers and also radiating out from the leaf base. ‘Lonesome Dove’ is a medium sized Hosta with an upright mounded plant habit that blooms in mid summer with lavender flowers that that are held above the foliage on erect scapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery , LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17295
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Cathedral Windows’, derived as a sport of ‘Stained Glass’ and characterized by wide dark green margins and bright yellow-green centers that intensify in color in summer. ‘Cathedral Windows’ blooms in late July to late August with nearly white flowers held above the foliage on erect scapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17296
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Hollywood Lights’, a sport of Hosta ‘On Stage’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with wide dark green margins comprising up to two thirds of the leaf area and centers that emerge yellow and change to yellow-green in summer. ‘Hollywood Lights’ is a large sized Hosta with a mounded plant habit and very pale lavender flowers that emerge in mid summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP13080
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Touch of Class’, characterized by a unique variegation pattern with relatively wide dark-green margins and light-yellow centers. The new Hosta including clusters of relatively large white flowers having pale lavender centers positioned above the foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery LLC
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17309
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Prairie Sky’, that is characterized by its intensely blue foliage with leaves that are heart-shaped, slightly cupped and lightly puckered. ‘Prairie Sky’ has a vigorous growth habit and blooms in mid July to mid August with pale lavender flowers on erect scapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17311
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Mourning Dove’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage of wedge-shaped leaves with blue-green centers and yellow-green margins comprising about one fourth of the leaf area. ‘Mourning Dove’ is a medium sized Hosta with a flat mounded plant habit that blooms in late summer with lavender flowers that arise on scapes held almost horizontal to the foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17313
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘High Society’, a sport of Hosta ‘June’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with wide blue-green margins comprising about two thirds of the leaf area, centers that emerge yellow green turning to white, with intermediate areas of bright green. ‘High Society’ is a smaller Hosta, in comparison to ‘June’, with a mounded plant habit and pinkish white flowers held above the foliage that are present from late summer to early fall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17441
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘American Icon’, a sport of Hosta Choo Choo Train, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with green centers and yellow-green margins comprising about one third of the leaf area. ‘American Icon’ has a mounded plant habit of large broad leaves, a vigorous growth rate, and pale lavender flowers held above the foliage in early to mid summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP19647
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Roy Klehm’, a chemically induced chimeral mutation of Hosta ‘Summer Serenade’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with bright yellow-green centers and wide deep green margins comprising about one half of the leaf area. ‘Roy Klehm’ has an upright plant habit with leaves held horizontal on upright petioles and near white flowers held on erect flower scapes that arise above the foliage in mid summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP19674
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Hosta named ‘Neptune’, characterized by its ovate-shaped, blue-green leaves with undulating margins and an intense glaucous bloom on the lower surface. Its leaves cascade downward to form an upright, mounded habit with pale lavender flowers emerging on arching scapes in late summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP19835
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Silk Road’, a chimeral mutation of Hosta ‘Silk Kimono’, characterized by its unique variegated foliage with deep green centers and wide creamy yellow to creamy white margins comprising about one half of the leaf area. ‘Silk Road’ has an upright plant habit of large broadly ovate leaves held horizontally on erect petioles and blooms with pale lavender flowers held on erect flower scapes in mid summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP20862
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Hosta named ‘Cat and Mouse’, characterized by its miniature plant size, its mounded plant habit, its round, glaucous leaves that are variegated with yellow-green center with blue-green margins in spring with the centers turning brighter and the margins turning greener in summer and its white flowers striped with lavender emerging in early summer on erect flower scapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen