Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Plant Patent
2001-04-23
2002-09-24
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Plant Patent
active
PP013010
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION
Delphinium elatum.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Delphinium plant, botanically known as
Delphinium elatum
, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Dolce Vita’.
The new Delphinium was discovered by the Inventor in a controlled environment in Abbenes, The Netherlands, as a naturally- occurring mutation of an unidentified selection of
Delphinium elatum
. The new Delphinium was slected by the Inventor on the basis of its double violet and blue bi-colored flowers.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by cuttings in a controlled environment in Hillegom, The Netherlands, since 1999, has shown that the unique features of this new Delphinium are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Dolce Vita have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, daylength, irrigation amount and frequency, and/or fertilizer type or rate without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Dolce Vita’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Dolce Vita’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright plant habit.
2. Freely flowering habit.
3. Double violet and blue bi-colored flowers.
Plants of the cultivar Dolce Vita differ from the parent selection and other known cultivars of Delphinium in its double flower form and flower color.
REFERENCES:
UPOVE ROM GTITM Computer Database, 2001/06, GTI JOUVE Retrieval Software, citation for ‘Dolce Vita’.
Baker W C
Campell Bruce R.
Whealy C. A.
Witteman + Co. ‘Multiflora’ B.V.
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