US Patent Issued to Walters Gardens on April 8 for "Rudbeckia plant named 'Treasure Trove'" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. PP36,594, issued on April 8, was assigned to Walters Gardens Inc. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Rudbeckia plant named 'Treasure Trove'" 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 plant, Rudbeckia 'Treasure Trove', has dense, rounded, mound habit with extensively-branched, predominately strong upright stems. Freely flowering habit beginning in early summer and continuing for about 6 to 7 weeks and repeating if deadheaded. Clean foliage shows significant resistance to Angular Leaf Spot and Septoria fungal leaf spot diseases. Inflorescences are in a capitulum with a single row of gold...