Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Aster
Plant Patent
2002-02-15
2002-12-10
Bell, Kent L. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Aster
Plant Patent
active
PP013333
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION/CULTIVAR DESIGNATION
Aster novi
-
belgii
cultivar ‘Victoria Celeste’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Aster plant, botanically known as
Aster novi
-
belgii
and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Victoria Celeste’.
The new Aster is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Årslev, Denmark. The objective of the breeding program is to create new potted Aster cultivars with uniform plant growth habit, desirable floret colors, and good postproduction longevity.
The new Aster originated from a cross made by the Inventor in Årslev, Denmark, of a proprietary Aster selection identified as code number F3, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary Aster selection identified as code number 180/97, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Aster was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross grown in a controlled environment in Årslev, Denmark. The selection of this plant was based on its uniform plant growth habit and desirable inflorescence form and ray floret color.
Asexual reproduction of the new Aster by vegetative tip cuttings was first conducted in Årslev, Denmark during the Spring of 1999. Asexual reproduction by cuttings has shown that the unique features of this new Aster are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar ‘Victoria Celeste’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength, and/or light level, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Victoria Celeste’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Victoria Celeste’ as a new and distinct Aster:
1. Upright and outwardly spreading plant habit.
2. Dark green foliage.
3. Freely flowering habit.
4. Decorative-type inflorescences with purple-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Aster are more compact than plants of the female parent selection. In addition, plants of the new Aster differ from plants of the female parent selection in ray floret coloration.
Plants of the new Aster have more ray florets per inflorescence than plants of the male parent selection. In addition, plants of the new Aster differ from plants of the male parent selection in ray floret coloration.
Plants of the new Aster can be compared to plants of the cultivar ‘Kamma Vyking’, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Broby, Denmark, plants of the new Aster differed from plants of the cultivar ‘Kamma Vyking’ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Aster were more freely flowering than plants of the cultivar ‘Kamma Vyking’.
2. Inflorescences of the new Aster had more ray florets than inflorescences of the cultivar ‘Kamma Vyking’.
Aster Klubben
Bell Kent L.
Whealy C. A.
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