US Patent Issued to Walters Gardens on June 9 for "Echinacea plant named 'Raspberry Ripple'" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. PP37,468, issued on June 9, was assigned to Walters Gardens Inc. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Echinacea plant named 'Raspberry Ripple'" 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 Echinacea plant named 'Raspberry Ripple' producing lightly fragrant inflorescences with nearly horizontal raspberry-pink ray florets and very large disk florets of deep reddish-pink forming a large center pompon. The new plant flowers from mid-summer to late summer, and is suitable as a potted plant, for the landscape, and for cut flower arrangements."

The patent was filed on Oct. 14, 2025, under Application...