Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-02-22
2001-02-06
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011763
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Marguerite Daisy plant, botanically known as
Argyranthemum frutescens
and referred to by the cultivar name Summer Melody.
The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia. The objective of the breeding program was to develop compact, early and freely-flowering Marguerite daisies that have inflorescences with good form and floret color.
The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the Inventor in 1995 of a proprietary selection of
Argyranthemum frutescens
identified as number X943817.2, as the male or pollen parent, with a proprietary selection of
Argyranthemum frutescens
identified as number X94147.1, as the female or seed parent. The cultivar Summer Melody was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia.
Plants of the new Marguerite Daisy are different from plants of the male parent, the selection number X943817.2, in plant height and inflorescence form.
Plants of the new Marguerite Daisy are different from plants of the female parent, the selection number X94147.1, in plant height, inflorescence form, ray floret color and time to flower.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia, has shown that the unique features of this new Marguerite Daisy are stable and are reproduced true to type in successive propagations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new cultivar has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following characteristics have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Summer Melody’ which distinguish ‘Summer Melody’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright, mounding and compact plant habit.
2. Green-colored stems; no anthocyanin.
3. Small numerous leaves.
4. Freely branching, dense plants with short internodes.
5. Freely flowering with numerous inflorescences per plant held above the foliage.
6. Double-type inflorescences.
7. Pinkish lavendar ray florets and purple-tipped disc florets that give a dark “eye” effect to the inflorescence.
Plants of the new Marguerite Daisy can be compared to plants of the anemone-type cultivar Double Pink, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia, plants of the new Marguerite Daisy are more compact, flower earlier and have smaller inflorescences than plants of the cultivar Sugar and Ice.
Plants of the new Marguerite Daisy can also be compared to plants of the cultivar Rosaline, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia, plants of the new Marguerite Daisy are more compact, flower earlier, have larger inflorescences and are more resistant to two-spotted mites than plants of the cultivar Rosaline.
REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTITM Computer Database 2000/02, GTI JOUVE Retrieval Softward, citations for ‘Summer Melody’, 2000.
Variety: ‘Summer Melody’. Plant Varieties Journal vol. 13 (1): p. 25-27, 2000.
Baker Wendy
Campell Bruce R.
University of Sydney Plant Breeding Institute, Cobbitty
Whealy C. A.
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