ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. PP36,762, issued on June 24, was assigned to Walters Gardens Inc. (Zeeland, Mich.).
"Baptisia plant named 'Vanilla Cream II'" was invented by Hans A Hansen (Zeeland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct plant cultivar of Baptisia plant named 'Vanilla Cream II' characterized by creamy-yellow flowers on long spikes beginning in late May in Michigan and continuing for about three weeks. The new plant is a winter-hardy, herbaceous perennial and produces multiple heavily-branched stems in a thick mound with tri-foliate foliage that emerges chartreuse with grey-purple blush on the margin and matures to a slight glaucous bluish-...