Patents Assigned to Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
  • Sanguisorba plant named ‘Dali Marble’
    Patent number: PP15791
    Abstract: The new cultivar, Sanguisorba menziesii ‘Dali Marble’, characterized by its variegated foliage; exhibiting green centers with white margins and red-purple flower spikes in late summer and fall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Pierre Robert Bennerup
  • Hosta plant named ‘Grand marquee’
    Patent number: PP15961
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Hosta, ‘Grand Marquee’, characterized by its unique variegated foliage with wide blue-green margins and creamy white centers, its upright, mounding and relatively compact plant habit, and pale lavender flowers positioned above the foliage on strong and erect flower scapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • Coreopsis plant named ‘Heaven's Gate’
    Patent number: PP16016
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Coreopsis rosea ‘Heaven's Gate’ characterized by an unique inflorescence coloration of purple ray florets ranging from bi-colors with a basal region that is deep purple and the more distal regions a lighter purple to deep purple throughout the floret with no bi-color effect exhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • Tricyrtis plant named ‘Raspberry Mousse’
    Patent number: PP16257
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Tricyrtis hirta ‘Raspberry Mousse’ characterized by its red flowers that are spotted and marked with deep purple and borne in a thick column on arching stems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • Basil plant named ‘Pesto Perpetuo’
    Patent number: PP16260
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Greek columnar basil for landscape and culinary use, Ocimum×citriodorum ‘Pesto Perpetuo’, characterized by variegated foliage of green centers and white margins and its non-flowering habit enabling year around vegetative propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Pierre Bennerup
  • Hosta plant named ‘Time Tunnel’
    Patent number: PP16435
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta sieboldiana, ‘Time Tunnel’, characterized by its variegated foliage of green centers and wide margins that emerge chartreuse, change to a bright gold, and mature to a creamy gold color. The margins of the foliage of ‘Time Tunnel’ are much wider than its parent plant, ‘Frances Williams’, comprising about 50% of the leaf area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • Polemonium plant named ‘Touch of Class’
    Patent number: PP19768
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Polemonium plant, ‘Touch of Class’, characterized by its mound of white and green variegated leaves and its abundance of light violet flowers emerging in late spring to early summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • Carex plant named ‘Ice Ballet’
    Patent number: PP20228
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Carex morrowii, ‘Ice Ballet’, characterized by its variegated foliage with creamy white margins and green centers with wider margins than is typical for other variegated cultivars of Carex morrowii, a clumping forming but slowly spreading habit with suitable use as a groundcover, a vigorous growth rate, and hardiness in at least U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • plant named ‘Red Knee High’
    Patent number: PP20411
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Echinacea, ‘Red Knee High’, characterized by its compact and dwarf growth habit, its sturdy stems, its inflorescences with ray florets that emerge bright red-purple surrounding golden yellow cones and fade to pink as they mature, its continuous bloom from mid summer through fall, its ease of propagation, its vigorous growth habit, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 3 to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • plant named ‘Sienna Sunset’
    Patent number: PP20470
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Sienna Sunset’ characterized it's large, abundant apricot colored inflorescences, its long blooming habit, its vigorous growth habit, its densely branched plant habit, its relative resistance to powdery mildew and hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zones 5 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • plant named ‘Ice Cream’
    Patent number: PP21463
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Carex oshimensis, ‘Ice Cream’, characterized by its variegated foliage with wide, dark green margins and creamy white centers, its relatively vigorous growth habit and its hardiness at least in U.S.D.A. Zones 5 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • plant named ‘Pink Lightning’
    Patent number: PP22255
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Ajuga plant, ‘Pink Lightning’, characterized by its variegated foliage that is with gray-green centers and creamy white in color, its leaves that are rugose with wavy edges, its racemes of pink flowers with variegated bracts and its tight plant habit that slowly spreads by stolons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • plant named ‘B's Knees’
    Patent number: PP23284
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Echinacea, ‘B's Knees’, characterized by its leaves that are lanceolate in shape with a shiny leaf surface, its sturdy stems that reach about 60 cm in height, its inflorescences with ray florets that are dark pink in color, and its continuous bloom from June to August with rebloom if spent blossoms are removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc Richard Laviana