ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. PP36,679, issued on May 13, was assigned to Walters Gardens Inc. (Zeeland, Mich.).
"Bergenia plant named 'Happily Ever After'" was invented by Hans A Hansen (Zeeland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct Heartleaf Bergenia plant, Bergenia plant named 'Happily Ever After' with a dense mounded habit, medium-sized, densely-arranged, deep-green, glossy, ovate, evergreen foliage, and large, white becoming lightly blushed with pink, campanulate flowers on tall upright panicles over a long period beginning in spring. The flowers hold up well in the garden as a landscape plant or as cut flowers. The foliage develops a reddish blu...