Hosta Patents (Class PLT/353)
  • Publication number: 20030084494
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Thunderbolt’ that is characterized by vigor, white flowers in late spring and large variegated blue-green leaves with centers that change in color from golden to cream-white as the plant matures. In combination these traits set ‘Thunderbolt’ apart from all other existing varieties of Hosta known to the inventor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventor: Allen Rick Crowder
  • Publication number: 20020002728
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Morning Light’, characterized by very thick leaves, deep green margin, and a creamy yellow to creamy white center, that displays a unique upright habit and light lavender flowers held above the foliage on thick cream-colored scapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Gert van Eijk Bos, Dirk van Erven
  • Patent number: PP12662
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘White Triumphator’, characterized by its medium green leaf color; relatively compact growth habit; and white-colored flowers that are positioned above the foliage on strong, straight and erect scapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Future Plants V.O.F.
    Inventor: Gerard Heemskerk
  • Patent number: PP12663
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Karin’, characterized by its green and white variegated leaf color; thick leaves; relatively compact plant habit; and lavender-colored flowers that are positioned above the foliage on strong and erect scapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Future Plants V.O.F.
    Inventor: Gerard Heemskerk
  • 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: PP11286
    Abstract: The unique new mutation of Hosta `Hadspen Blue` characterized by a wide jagged margin of creamy-yellow to creamy-white on a blue-green leaf named Hosta `Aristocrat`.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventor: Clarence H. Falstad, III
  • Patent number: PP11603
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named `Tattoo`, characterized by its small, rounded golden green leaves with a distinct darker green maple leaf-shaped outline or "tattoo" in the center of the leaf; relatively compact plant habit; and light lavender flowers that are positioned above the foliage on strong and erect peduncles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Tony Avent