US Patent Issued to Walters Gardens on March 24 for "Hosta plant named 'Frog in My Throat'" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. PP37,346, issued on March 24, was assigned to Walters Gardens Inc (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Hosta plant named 'Frog in My Throat'" 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 'Frog in My Throat' with medium-sized, rounded-mound habit of ovate to nearly cordate foliage. Leaves begin the season with a yellowish-green with greenish speckles, patches and streaks and mature to creamy-green to creamy in the center with variably-sized speckles, patches, and streaks of green and a green margin. The plant produces pale purple flared campanulate flowers on upright scapes well above the f...