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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2026
Applicant:
Hans A. Hansen, Zeeland, MI (US);
Inventor:
Hans A. Hansen, Zeeland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Walters Gardens, Inc., Zeeland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/02 (2018.01); A01H 6/50 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of perennialplant named 'Dark Sky' characterized by its large, mounded, vigorous, and winter-hardy habit. The large flowers of deep indigo-blue beginning in late spring on densely arranged in verticils on tall, stiff, heavily-branched panicles above a mound of large, rugose, dark-green foliage. The new plant flowers without vernalization.‘Dark Sky’ is useful for ornamental purposes.