ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. PP37,343, issued on March 24, was assigned to Walters Gardens Inc (Zeeland, Mich.).
"Heliopsis plant named 'Sunny Disposition'" was invented by Hans A. Hansen (Zeeland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The new and distinct hardy perennial Heliopsis plant named 'Sunny Disposition' with dense, rounded, extensively-branched habit, strong, upright stems that resist lodging. A foliage is broadly ovate to narrowly deltoid medium green surrounding veins with a variable amount of white between the veins. Freely-flowering semi-double inflorescences in a capitulum with multiple rows of golden-yellow, overlapping, ray florets and disk florets nea...