Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Aster
Plant Patent
2002-02-15
2002-12-17
Bell, Kent L. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Aster
Plant Patent
active
PP013359
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION/CULTIVAR DESIGNATION
Aster novi
-
belgii
cultivar ‘Victoria Diana’.
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 Diana’.
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 F2, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with the Aster cultivar ‘Margrethe Viking’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,358, 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 Diana’ 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 Diana’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Victoria Diana’ 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 white-colored ray florets.
Plants of the new Aster are more compact and have longer postproduction longevity than plants of the female parent selection.
Plants of the new Aster are most similar to plants of the male parent, the cultivar ‘Margrethe Viking’. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Broby, Denmark, plants of the new Aster differed from plants of the cultivar ‘Margrethe Viking’ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Aster were more compact than plants of the cultivar ‘Margrethe Viking’.
2. Plants of the new Aster had smaller leaves than plants of the cultivar ‘Margrethe Viking’.
3. Plants of the new Aster were more freely flowering than plants of the cultivar ‘Margrethe Viking’.
4. Inflorescences of the new Aster had more ray florets than inflorescences of the cultivar ‘Margrethe Viking’.
Aster Klubben
Bell Kent L.
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