Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Plant Patent
2003-01-10
2004-11-02
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Plant Patent
active
PP015289
ABSTRACT:
Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed:
Ageratum houstonianum.
Varietal denomination: ‘Agsantis’.
BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT
The present invention comprises a new distinct cultivar of
Ageratum
, botanically known as
Ageratum houstonianum.
The new cultivar is propagated by cuttings resulting from the cross of ‘Q250-1’ and ‘Q295-1.’ ‘Q250-1’ is a white flowering
Ageratum
having a compact habit. ‘Q250-1’ is not commercially available and is not known by any synonyms. ‘Q295-1’ is a white flowering
Ageratum
having a compact habit. ‘Q295-1’ is not commercially available and is not known by any synonyms.
Neither ‘Q250-1’ nor ‘Q295-1’ has not been patented. As a result of this cross the present cultivar was created in 1998 in Enkhuizen, Netherlands and has been repeatably asexually reproduced by cuttings in Enkhuizen, Netherlands, in Gilroy, Calif., United States, in Angers, France and in Sarrians, France over a three-year period. The distinctive characteristics of this new
Ageratum
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction. It takes 8 to 10 weeks to produce a finished plant, depending on the temperature.
This new
Ageratum
plant is an annual in most climatical zones in the United States, only in zones 9 and 10 it is a perennial plant.
Bell Kent
Lebel Edouard G.
Syngenta Seeds BV
Vrana Bruce
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