ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. PP37,156, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Walters Gardens Inc. (Zeeland, Mich.).
"Baptisia plant named 'Golden Anniversary'" was invented by Hans A. Hansen (Zeeland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct cultivar of hardy herbaceous False Indigo plant named 'Golden Anniversary' characterized by flowers of deep indigo beginning in late May and continuing for two to three weeks. The new plant has a rounded mounded shaped, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy habit with glaucous golden-yellowish tri-foliate foliage that compliment the flowers. The new plant is suitable for landscaping as a specimen or en masse."
The patent was fil...