Patents Assigned to Walters Gardens Inc.
  • Publication number: 20200260625
    Abstract: The new and distinct hybrid of Hardy Geranium plant named Geranium ‘Boom Chocolatta’ with large, rounded, deeply-cleft, palmately-lobed foliage having dark bronze color. Numerous, densely-branched, erect, stems display blue-purple flowers above the foliage beginning early summer for about three weeks. The new plant is vigorous and produces large, upright, winter-hardy mounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20200253104
    Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental spike speedwell plant, Veronica spicata ‘Lavender Lightsaber’, with upright narrow habit, stiff, upright, freely-branched spikes producing soft lavender flowers beginning in late spring and continuing for up to eight weeks. The new plant is useful in the landscape as a specimen, en masse, as a container plant or as a cut flower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20200245518
    Abstract: The new and distinct crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Dark Roast’ has a dense, short, compact, broadly-rounded habit, is ground hardy to at least USDA zone 6, has semi-glossy, mahogany-colored foliage becoming deep green at flowering time. The flowers arise from shiny, deep-red buds, are lightly fragrant, covering the shrub with their bright fuchsia-pink color. The new plant resists leaf spot and powdery mildew and is useful in the landscape as a specimen, en masse, or as a container plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Walters gardens Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20200245521
    Abstract: The new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant named ‘Timeless Treasure’ with many small to medium-sized, shallowly lobed, glossy leaves with rounded apices and lobes. Tightly-branched, upright, burgundy flower stems are repeatedly produced from early summer to early fall for about fourteen weeks displaying large, rosy-pink flowers. The new plant has a compact, herbaceous perennial habit with mounds of leaves beginning the season purplish-red and developing a light silvery-gray overlay between the greyed purple surrounding the veins. It is vigorous and produces showy flowers over a long season, effective as a specimen plant, en masse in the landscape, or as a container plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20200245519
    Abstract: The new and distinct crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Lava Java’ has a dense, broadly-spreading, mounded habit, is ground hardy to at least USDA zone 6, has glossy, dark-green foliage with faint marginal wine blush that emerge deep mahogany-colored. The flowers cover the shrub with magenta-rose from shiny reddish buds. The new plant resists leaf spot and powdery mildew and is useful in the landscape as a specimen, en masse, or as a container plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20200245517
    Abstract: The new and distinct crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Chai Berry’ has a dense, short, compact, fairly upright habit, is ground hardy to at least USDA zone 6, has glossy, deep medium-green foliage with faint marginal wine blush that emerge cinnamon-colored. The flowers arise from shiny, reddish buds covering the shrub with their rose pink color. The new plant resists leaf spot and powdery mildew and is useful in the landscape as a specimen, en masse, or as a container plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Walters Gardens Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20200245522
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Red Hot Poker plant named Kniphofia ‘High Roller’ with long, gracefully-arching, strap-like, keeled, glaucous, gray-green foliage and numerous scapes. Habit is densely growing, winter-hardy, tolerant of heat, deer and rabbits. Numerous scapes of deep coral-orange flower buds that open to near white on tall scapes beginning in the first week of summer and repeating into early August. The new plant is useful for landscaping as a specimen, en masse, or as a long-lasting cut flower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Walters Gardens Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Publication number: 20200229337
    Abstract: The new and distinct bellflower plant, Campanula plant named ‘Violet Teacups’ with dense, compact, mounded habit; cordate to deltoid medium-green foliage and numerous strong purple campanulate flowers over about a 14 week period beginning in late spring. The new plant is suitable for landscaping as a specimen, en masse, or in containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31987
    Abstract: The new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant named ‘Timeless Treasure’ with many small to medium-sized, shallowly lobed, glossy leaves with rounded apices and lobes. Tightly-branched, upright, burgundy flower stems are repeatedly produced from early summer to early fall for about fourteen weeks displaying large, rosy-pink flowers. The new plant has a compact, herbaceous perennial habit with mounds of leaves beginning the season purplish-red and developing a light silvery-gray overlay between the greyed purple surrounding the veins. It is vigorous and produces showy flowers over a long season, effective as a specimen plant, en masse in the landscape, or as a container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32023
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental onion, Allium plant named ‘Serendipity’, with compact, medium-sized habit, heavily-glaucous, upright, stiff, strap-like, blue-green foliage without twisting, and numerous, tightly-clustered, reddish-purple flowers forming in globose umbels over a long period beginning in late July.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Eric M. Sal
  • Patent number: PP32025
    Abstract: A new and unique cultivar of garden phlox named Phlox ‘Baby Doll Pink’ multi-stemmed, very short, upright, slowly-spreading habit with clean, medium-green, glossy, lanceolate leaves with exceptional powdery mildew resistance. Foliage is thick with stiff stems. Flowers are medium pink with white eye zone markings produced on branched peduncles and nearly cover the top of the plant beginning early summer, about two weeks prior typical Phlox paniculata cultivars and continuing for about six weeks. ‘Baby Doll Pink’ is especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies, and for cut flower arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32026
    Abstract: The new and distinct hybrid of Hardy Geranium plant named Geranium ‘Boom Chocolatta’ with large, rounded, deeply-cleft, palmately-lobed foliage having dark bronze color. Numerous, densely-branched, erect, stems display blue-purple flowers above the foliage beginning early summer for about three weeks. The new plant is vigorous and produces large, upright, winter-hardy mounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32036
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of winter-hardy, herbaceous, perennial, hybrid Hibiscus plant named ‘Dark Mystery’ comprising a rounded mound habit of multiple, well-branched, basal stems producing flowers from the bottom to the top of the plant for five to six weeks from late July to early September. Flowers have petals of pale pink to light pink with strong reddish veins radiating toward margin and dark, red, shiny eye set off with column of cream-colored pollen. The foliage is cordate to ovate and deep mahogany-colored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32040
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Dancing with Dragons’ of arching, ovate, strongly glaucous, blue-green leaves having a near white underside and wavy margins. The blue-green leaf coloration remains until near the end of the growing season. The flowers with white tepals having light lavender centers are tightly congested in verticils and individually on scapes above the foliage. ‘Dancing with Dragons’ has excellent compact mounded habit and is useful in the landscape, in containers, as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32041
    Abstract: A new and distinct x Mangave plant named ‘Pineapple Punch’ characterized by moderate to rapid growth rate and compact habit of stiff, upright to outward pointing, succulent foliage gray-green coloring and burgundy speckling in the leaf centers and cherry red in the margins. The leaves have a yellowish margin that varies from chartreuse to bright gold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32063
    Abstract: A unique cultivar of Hybrid Spring Phlox plant named Phlox ‘Bedazzled Pink’ multi-stemmed compact habit, winter-hardy, slowly spreading plant with bright, glossy-green, lanceolate leaves. Flowers are sweetly fragrant, beginning in mid-April and continuing for about six to seven weeks on branched peduncles. Petals are bright medium pink upon anthesis and lighten to light pink. Petal apices are deeply notched and each blade has two deep purple striae marks near the center eye. Foliage stays clean and resists mildew, and the new plant is especially suitable for the landscape as a potted plant, in the garden as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32067
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Royal Crest’ with medium rounded-mound habit of heavy-substance, cordate foliage having slightly wavy margins, acute apex and cordate base with deep green color. The plant has large, white, strongly-fragrant, broadly-faced flowers densely arranged on stiff upright scapes above the foliage beginning in early August.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32068
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Miss America’ with large, rounded-mound habit of heavy-substance, stiff, variegated foliage. Leaves are shiny, flat, cordate with creamy-white centers and broad, deep green margins and intermediate colors between. Flowers have white margins with pale lavender center stripes on tepal insides and are held on stiff, upright cream-colored stems with about 90 flowers per scape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32070
    Abstract: A new and unique x Mangave plant named ‘Sponge Paint’ characterized by a rounded mound of oblanceolate to rhombic, fleshy, slightly-rough leaves that develop silver-gray coloration with small wine-colored spots in strong ultraviolet light. Leaves have medium-sized, sharp, firm marginal teeth and firm, sharp, apical spine. The new plant is suitable for the garden or as a potted plant in the garden or home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32073
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Red Hot Poker plant named Kniphofia ‘Solar Flare’ with long, gracefully-arching, strap-like, keeled, glaucous, gray-green foliage and numerous scapes beginning in early summer and repeating though early fall. Habit is densely-growing, winter-hardy and tolerant of heat. Numerous scapes with dense flowers of bright-yellow flowers. The new plant is useful for landscaping as a specimen, en masse, or as a long-lasting cut flower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen