Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Plant Patent
2002-01-30
2003-09-16
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Plant Patent
active
PP014148
ABSTRACT:
Genus and species:
Portulaca oleracea.
Variety denomination: ‘Kakegawa CY6’.
BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT
This invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Portulaca plant, hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Kakegawa CY6’. Portulaca ‘Kakegawa CY6’ is a new variety of
Portulaca oleracea.
The plant has a vigorous spreading growth habit and can be used as a groundcover. It can also be used in a potted or hanging basket presentation. The invention's flowers are a unique dark red flower with a red ring surrounding a yellow flower eye at the base of the flower petals. The flowers are single and measure approximately 5.0 centimeters in diameter when fully open. The plant performs well in hot and dry climates. The plant is very resistant to rain, heat and drought.
ORIGIN AND ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
The new cultivar is propagated asexually from vegetative cuttings. The asexual reproduction establishes that the plant does in fact maintain the characteristics described in successive generations. ‘Kakegawa CY6’ has been reproduced by stem cuttings in Salinas, Calif., and all of the characteristics thereof have been determined to be firmly fixed.
‘Kakegawa CY6’ originated as a sport from the variety ‘Summer Joy Wine red’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,251). The inventor isolated the sport in October, 1999 in a greenhouse in Salinas, Calif. A single lateral stem was identified which exhibited a dark red flower with a red ring around a yellow eye. The parent variety possesses a dark red flower with a red center. The original sport was isolated and rooted in soiless plant media. Twenty vegetative cuttings were then made from the original plant after it grew to a suitable size. All twenty plants were identical for leaf shape, flower color and overall plant habit. Subsequent annual vegetative propagation of these plants over the next two years produced uniform plants with the same characteristics.
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Jondle & Associates P.C.
Sakata Seed Corporation
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