US Patent Issued to Walters Gardens on May 26 for "Epimedium plant named 'Little Bo Peep'" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. PP37,439, issued on May 26, was assigned to Walters Gardens Inc. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Epimedium plant named 'Little Bo Peep'" was invented by Hans A. Hansen (Zeeland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new cultivar of Epimedium plant named 'Little Bo Peep' characterized by its compact dense habit and semi-evergreen tri-parted foliage with ovate leaflets that develop as light chartreuse with bronze-burgundy blush in the cooler spring and become medium green in the summer. Medium-sized flowers appear on panicles above the foliage starting in late spring with spurs having a light pinkish-purple tips and medium rose-colored centers, and pinkis...