Phlox Patents (Class PLT/320)
  • Publication number: 20210100150
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Dophlflaproce’, characterized by its upright and uniform plant habit; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; dense inflorescences with purplish red-colored flowers with light purple-colored centers and medium purple-colored rim at the throat; and good garden performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: DUMMEN GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: ELLEN van SAMBEEK
  • Publication number: 20210100151
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Dophlflaproli’ characterized by its upright and uniform plant habit; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; dense inflorescences with purple violet-colored flowers with white-colored centers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: DUMMEN GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: ELLEN van SAMBEEK
  • Publication number: 20210100152
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Dophlflaprosopi’, characterized by its upright and uniform plant habit; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; dense inflorescences with light purplish pink-colored flowers with reddish purple-colored centers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: DUMMEN GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: ELLEN van SAMBEEK
  • Publication number: 20210100149
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Dophlflama’, characterized by its upright and uniform plant habit; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; dense inflorescences with purple-colored flowers with lighter purple-colored centers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: DUMMEN GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: ELLEN van SAMBEEK
  • Publication number: 20210100147
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Dophlflacoim’, characterized by its upright and uniform plant habit; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; dense inflorescences with purplish red-colored flowers with darker purplish red-colored centers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: DUMMEN GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: ELLEN van SAMBEEK
  • Publication number: 20210100153
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Dophlflawhim’, characterized by its upright and uniform plant habit; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; dense inflorescences with white-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: DUMMEN GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: ELLEN van SAMBEEK
  • Publication number: 20210100148
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Dophlflalipiim’, characterized by its upright and uniform plant habit; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; dense inflorescences with reddish purple-colored flowers with white-colored centers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: DUMMEN GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: ELLEN van SAMBEEK
  • Publication number: 20200196506
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Dophloxearpupineye’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; light purple violet-colored flowers with red purple-colored centers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: DUMMEN GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: Ellen van SAMBEEK
  • Publication number: 20200196505
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Dophloxearpica’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; purple violet-colored flowers with red purple to purple-colored centers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: DUMMEN GROUP B.V.
    Inventor: Ellen van Sambeek
  • Publication number: 20200053936
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘IFPHLFM’, characterized by its compact and uniformly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; flowers that are intense red purple in color; and good container and garden performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: INNOFLORA PLANT BREEDING B.V.
    Inventor: Jelle van den Haak
  • Publication number: 20200053935
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘IFPHLFRS’, characterized by its compact and uniformly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; flowers that are light red purple in color with darker red purple-colored throats; and good container and garden performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: INNOFLORA PLANT BREEDING B.V.
    Inventor: JELLE van den HAAK
  • Publication number: 20200053937
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘IFPHLFC’, characterized by its compact and uniformly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; flowers that are red to red purple and white bi-colored with red purple-colored throats; and good container and garden performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: INNOFLORA PLANT BREEDING B.V.
    Inventor: Jelle van den Haak
  • Publication number: 20190254214
    Abstract: A new and unique cultivar of garden phlox named Phlox ‘Kung Fuchsia’ multi-stemmed, short, upright, slowly-spreading habit with clean green, glossy, lanceolate leaves with exceptional powdery mildew resistance. Foliage is thick with stiff stocky stems. Sweetly fragrant flowers of bright fuchsia faces with light pink eye zones markings are produced on multiple branched peduncles and cover the top of the plant beginning early summer about two weeks prior typical Phlox paniculata cultivars. ‘Kung Fuchsia’ is especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies, and for cut flower arrangements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20190239409
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Ditopiwi,’ characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; freely branching and flowering habit; dark buds before flowering; large and fragrant flowers having pink eyes; dark green foliage; and a greater disease resistance than an average Phlox paniculata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Hubertus Josephus Tonies
  • Patent number: PP30485
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Phlox, ‘Green Lion’ that is characterized by its inflorescences that are dark green in color, its compact plant habit, upright plant habit, its flower buds do not open, its high resistance to powdery mildew, its long lasting ornamental value, and its suitability as a garden plant and as a cut flower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: VAN LEEUWEN BLOEMEN BV
    Inventor: Jan van Leeuwen
  • Patent number: PP30779
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Balkapopink’, characterized by its medium rose-pink colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact-upright growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Christa Kievit
  • Patent number: PP30780
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Balkapolav’, characterized by its medium lavender-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact-upright growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Christa Kievit
  • Patent number: PP30781
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Balkapopur’, characterized by its medium purple-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact-upright growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Christa Kievit
  • Patent number: PP30782
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Balkapowibi’, characterized by its medium red-purple and white bicolored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact-upright growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Christa Kievit
  • Patent number: PP30830
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Phlox, ‘Versweta’, characterized by its very dwarf plant habit, its re-blooming habit, and its flowers that are bright pink in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: A. VERSCHOOR HORTICULTURE IMPORT-EXPORT B.V.
    Inventor: Janus Verschoor
  • Patent number: PP31092
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘PHMZ0002,’ characterized by its large sized inflorescences, having a lilac color with a white eye, deep green leaves, and a compact, upright, and branched plant habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: DITOPLANT EXPORT BV
    Inventor: Henricus Godefridus Wilhelmus Stemkens
  • Patent number: PP31168
    Abstract: A new and unique cultivar of Hybrid Spring Phlox named Phlox ‘Bedazzled Lavender’ multi-stemmed compact habit, slowly spread plant with bright, glossy-green, lanceolate leaves. Flowers are sweetly fragrant, with deeply notched petals of deep purplish-pink with two deep purple marks in center near-white eye beginning mid-April, continuing for about six weeks on branched peduncles. Foliage stays clean and resists mildew, especially suitable as a potted plant and for the landscape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31169
    Abstract: A unique cultivar of Hybrid Spring Phlox named Phlox ‘Eye Shadow’ characterized by vigorous, multi-stemmed, spreading, winter-hardy habit with short, bright glossy-green, awl-shaped leaves. Flowering begins in mid-April and continuing for nearly five weeks on heavily-branched peduncles and completely cover the plant in peak season. Petals are vibrant, rosy-purple with a large eye of striae marks of dark wine purple. Petal apices are moderately notched. Foliage stays clean and resists mildew, and the new plant is especially suitable for the landscape as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31170
    Abstract: A unique cultivar of Hybrid Spring Phlox named Phlox ‘Pink Minuet’ characterized by multi-stemmed, heavily branched, compact, mounded, winter-hardy habit, producing short, bright glossy-green, awl-shaped leaves. Numerous flowers begin in late-April for three weeks on moderately-branched peduncles, nearly completely covering the plant in peak season. Flowers sporadically for four or five weeks later in the season. Petals are rosy-pink with two small striae marks in the center eye of dark-purple. Petal apices are shallowly notched. Foliage stays clean and resists mildew, and the new plant is especially suitable as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31214
    Abstract: A new and unique cultivar of hybrid creeping Phlox named Phlox ‘Rose Sprite’ multi-stemmed, short, upright, slowly-spreading habit with clean, green, glossy, lanceolate to linear leaves with exceptional powdery mildew resistance. Flowers held above foliage on wine-colored stems with petals of rose-pink with white center halo and dark purple markings at center, nearly covering the top of the plant in peak flowering season about one week later than typical Phlox subulata. ‘Rose Sprite’ is especially useful as a containerized plant and for the flower garden as an specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31239
    Abstract: A new and unique cultivar of hybrid creeping phlox named Phlox ‘Magenta Sprite’ multi-stemmed, short, upright, slowly-spreading habit with clean, green, glossy, lanceolate to linear leaves with exceptional powdery mildew resistance. Flowers are magenta pink with dark purple markings at center, nearly covering the top of the plant in peak flowering season about one week later than typical Phlox subulata. ‘Magenta Sprite’ is especially useful as a containerized plant and for the flower garden as an specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31272
    Abstract: A new and unique cultivar of hybrid creeping phlox named Phlox ‘Purple Sprite’ multi-stemmed, short, upright, slowly-spreading habit with clean, green, glossy, lanceolate to linear leaves with exceptional powdery mildew resistance. Flowers are bright purple with small near-white eye and dark purple markings nearly covering the top of the plant in peak flowering season about one week later than typical Phlox subulata. ‘Purple Sprite’ is especially useful as a containerized plant and for the flower garden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31308
    Abstract: A new and unique cultivar of garden phlox named Phlox ‘Kung Fuchsia’ multi-stemmed, short, upright, slowly-spreading habit with clean green, glossy, lanceolate leaves with exceptional powdery mildew resistance. Foliage is thick with stiff stocky stems. Sweetly fragrant flowers of bright fuchsia faces with light pink eye zones markings are produced on multiple branched peduncles and cover the top of the plant beginning early summer about two weeks prior typical Phlox paniculata cultivars. ‘Kung Fuchsia’ is especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies, and for cut flower arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31360
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Ditopiwi’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; freely branching and flowering habit; dark buds before flowering; large and fragrant flowers having pink eyes; dark green foliage; and a greater disease resistance than an average Phlox paniculata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: DITOPLANT EXPORT BV
    Inventor: Hubertus Josephus Tonies
  • Patent number: PP31483
    Abstract: A unique cultivar of Hybrid Spring Phlox plant named Phlox ‘Bedazzled Orchid’ 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 weeks on branched peduncles. Petals are lavender-pink upon anthesis and lighten slightly with maturity. Petal apices are moderately 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: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31484
    Abstract: A unique cultivar of Hybrid Spring Phlox named Phlox ‘Eye Candy’ characterized by multi-stemmed compact habit, winter-hardy, spreading plant with short, bright glossy-green, awl-shaped leaves. Flowering begins in mid-April and continuing for nearly five weeks on lightly branched peduncles and completely cover the plant in peak season. Petals are light lavender-pink with a large pronounced eye of dark wine purple. Petal apices are shallowly notched. Foliage stays clean and resists mildew, and the new plant is especially suitable for the landscape as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31485
    Abstract: A unique cultivar of Hybrid Spring Phlox named Phlox ‘Rocky Road Magenta’ characterized by vigorous, dense, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy habit with short, bright glossy-green, linear leaves. Flowering begins in mid-April and continuing for nearly five weeks on heavily-branched peduncles and completely cover the plant in peak season. Petals are vibrant, magenta-purple with a small dark-purple eye. Petal apices are lightly notched. The new plant is able to withstand dry conditions once established, and the foliage stays clean and resists mildew. The new plant is especially suitable for the landscape as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31486
    Abstract: A unique cultivar of Hybrid Spring Phlox named Phlox ‘Rocky Road Pink’ characterized by vigorous, dense, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy habit with short, bright glossy-green, linear leaves. Flowering begins in mid-April and continuing for nearly five weeks on heavily-branched peduncles and completely cover the plant in peak season. Petals are bright rosy-pink with a small dark-purple eye. Petal apices are moderately notched. The new plant is able to withstand dry conditions once established, and the foliage stays clean and resists mildew. The new plant is especially suitable for the landscape as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31487
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Phlox plant named, ‘Perfectly Puzzling’, that is characterized by its flowers that vary in color from near white to light to medium raspberry violet; the different color flowers can be evident on a plant at the same time, its petals that are non-overlapping, notched (bifid) and narrow resulting in a “starry” appearance that is unusual for a moss Phlox, its petals with medium to dark violet striae at the base, and its flowers that are smaller in size than most moss Phlox, however the flowers still cover the plants 100% at peak bloom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: CHICAGOLAND GROWS, INC
    Inventor: James Robert Ault
  • Patent number: PP31732
    Abstract: A new and unique hybrid cultivar of garden phlox named Phlox ‘Opening Act Pink-a-Dot’ multi-stemmed, medium upright height, slowly-spreading habit with clean, medium-green, glossy, lanceolate leaves with exceptional powdery mildew resistance. Foliage is thick and leathery on stiff stems. Flowers are near white with deep pink eye resembling a star, 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 five weeks. ‘Opening Act Pink-a-Dot’ is especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies, and for cut flower arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP31924
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘IFPHLFRS’, characterized by its compact and uniformly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; flowers that are light red purple in color with darker red purple-colored throats; and good container and garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Innoflora Plant Breeding B.V.
    Inventor: Jelle van den Haak
  • Patent number: PP31949
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘IFPHLFC’, characterized by its compact and uniformly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; flowers that are red to red purple and white bi-colored with red purple-colored throats; and good container and garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: INNOFLORA PLANT BREEDING B.V.
    Inventor: Jelle van den Haak
  • Patent number: PP31950
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘IFPHLFM’, characterized by its compact and uniformly mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; flowers that are intense red purple in color; and good container and garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Innoflora Plant Breeding B.V.
    Inventor: Jelle van den Haak
  • Patent number: PP31981
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Dophloxearpica’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; purple violet-colored flowers with red purple to purple-colored centers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Ellen van Sambeek
  • 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: 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: PP32093
    Abstract: A new and unique hybrid cultivar of Phlox plant named Phlox ‘Opening Act Ultrapink’ multi-stemmed, medium height, upright, slowly-spreading habit with clean, medium-green, glossy, lanceolate leaves with exceptional powdery mildew resistance. Foliage is thick and leathery on stiff stems. Flowers are vibrant, florescent, rose-pink, produced on branched peduncles and nearly cover the top of the plant beginning early summer, about two weeks prior typical Phlox paniculata cultivars, continuing for about five weeks and reblooming through late summer. ‘Opening Act Ultrapink’ is especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies, and for cut flower arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32248
    Abstract: A unique cultivar of Hybrid Creeping Phlox named ‘Rocky Road Grape’ characterized by vigorous, dense, spreading, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy habit with short, bright glossy-green, linear leaves. Flowering begins in mid-April and continuing for up to five weeks, in cool conditions, on heavily-branched peduncles and completely cover the plant in peak season. Petals are red-purple with a small dark-purple eye. Petals lighten to soft lavender with maturity. Petal apices are deeply notched. The new plant is able to withstand dry conditions once established, and the foliage stays clean and resists mildew. The new plant is especially suitable for the landscape as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32287
    Abstract: A new and unique hybrid cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Uptown Girl’ of medium-height, multi-stemmed, upright, compact habit. Foliage is thick with good powdery mildew resistance on stiff stems. Flowers are light pink flowers with dark pink star-shaped center eye produced on large heads of branched peduncles and nearly cover the top of the plant beginning mid-July and continuing and reblooming for about six weeks through late summer. ‘Uptown Girl’ is especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies, and for cut flower arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32288
    Abstract: A unique cultivar of Hybrid Creeping Phlox named ‘Rocky Road Violet Blue’ characterized by vigorous, dense, spreading, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy habit with short, bright glossy-green, linear leaves. Flowering begins in mid-April and continuing for up to five weeks, in cooler weather conditions, on heavily-branched peduncles and completely cover the plant in peak season. Petals of newly opened flowers are violet-blue with dark pink eye marks and with a small notch and the tips of the petals, and just before dropping petal centers lighten to white and marks in eye fade away. The new plant is able to withstand dry conditions once established, and the foliage stays clean and resists mildew. The new plant is especially suitable for the landscape as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32323
    Abstract: A new and unique hybrid cultivar of Phlox plant named Phlox ‘Cover Girl’ of tall, multi-stemmed, upright habit. Foliage is thick, with exceptional powdery mildew resistance on stiff stems. Lavender-purple are produced on large heads of branched peduncles and nearly cover the top of the plant beginning mid-July and continuing and reblooming for about seven weeks through late summer. ‘Cover Girl’ is especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies, and for cut flower arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32324
    Abstract: A new and unique hybrid cultivar of Phlox plant named Phlox ‘Party Girl’ of medium-height, multi-stemmed, upright habit. Foliage is thick, with good powdery mildew resistance on stiff stems. The new plant has near-white to pale-pink flowers with distinct darker pink eye-ring that are produced on large heads of branched peduncles and nearly cover the top of the plant beginning mid-July and continuing and reblooming for about six weeks through late summer. ‘Party Girl’ is especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies, and for cut flower arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32325
    Abstract: A unique cultivar of Hybrid Creeping Phlox named ‘Rocky Road Periwinkle’ characterized by vigorous, dense, spreading, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy habit with short, bright glossy-green, linear leaves. Flowering begins in mid-April and continues up to five weeks, in cool weather, on heavily-branched peduncles and completely cover the plant in peak season. Petals are periwinkle-blue with a small notch and the tips of the petals. The new plant is able to withstand dry conditions once established, and the foliage stays clean and resists mildew. The new plant is especially suitable for the landscape as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP32990
    Abstract: A unique cultivar of Hybrid Creeping Phlox named ‘Crater Lake’ characterized by vigorous, dense, spreading, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy habit with short, bright green, linear to awl-shaped leaves. Flowering begins in late-April and continuing for up to six weeks, in cooler weather conditions, on heavily-branched peduncles and completely cover the plant in peak season. Petals of newly opened flowers are cool indigo-purple with a small notch and the tips of the petals. The new plant is able to withstand dry conditions once established, and the foliage stays clean and resists mildew. The new plant is especially suitable for the landscape as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse. 1. Vigorous plants of dense, slowly-spreading habit, spreading by rooting stems, producing short, clean, glabrous, bright-green, narrow leaves; 2. Multiple heavily-branched stems produce branched panicles; 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP33006
    Abstract: A unique cultivar of Hybrid Creeping Phlox plant named ‘Majestic Magenta’ characterized by vigorous, dense, low spreading, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy habit with short, bright green, linear to awl-shaped leaves. Flowering begins in late-April and continuing for up to four weeks, in cooler weather conditions, on heavily-branched peduncles and completely cover the plant in peak season. Petals have a small notch and the tips and newly opened flowers and mature flowers remain a rich dark-pink color. The new plant is able to withstand dry conditions once established, and the foliage stays clean and resists mildew. The new plant is especially suitable for the landscape as a potted plant and in the garden as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen