US Patent Issued to Walters Gardens on July 21 for "Hosta plant named 'Winning Ticket'" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. PP37,528, issued on July 21, was assigned to Walters Gardens Inc. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Hosta plant named 'Winning Ticket'" was invented by Hans A. Hansen (Zeeland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct Hosta plant named 'Winning Ticket' with medium-sized, broadly-mounded habit of heavy-substance, flat, stiff, rounded, variegated foliage. Leaves have chartreuse-yellow margins, medium-green centers, with intermediate colors between. Flowers are near white with faint lavender blush on short scapes just above the foliage beginning in late June. The new plant is attractive for landscaping in the garden as a specimen, in mass and ...