ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. PP37,290, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Walters Gardens Inc. (Zeeland, Mich.).
"Salvia plant named 'Big Sky'" was invented by Hans A Hansen (Zeeland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Salvia plant named 'Big Sky' characterized by its large, mounded, vigorous, and winter-hardy habit. The large violet-blue flowers densely arranged in verticils on tall heavily-branched panicles that repeat if deadheaded above a mound of large, rugose, dark-green foliage. The new plant flowers without vernalization. 'Big Sky' is useful for landscaping as a specimen plant or en masse."
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