Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-12-29
2001-06-26
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011963
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Astilbe plant, botanically known as Astilbe hybrid, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Pink Lightning’.
The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Noorden, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program was to develop new Astilbe cultivars with glossy leaves and attractive flower color.
The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the Inventor in 1993 of the Astilbe×Arendsii cultivar ‘Bressingham Beauty’, not patented, as the male or pollen parent, with the
Astilbe simplicifolia
cultivar ‘Jaqueline’, not patented, as the female or seed parent.
The cultivar ‘Pink Lightning’ was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Noorden, The Netherlands.
Asexual propagation of the new cultivar by divisions harvested at Noorden, The Netherlands, has shown that the unique features of this new Astilbe are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar ‘Pink Lightning’ have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, daylength, and fertility level without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Pink Lightning’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Pink Lightning’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright and compact growth habit.
2. Dark green glossy leaves.
3. Very freely and uniformly flowering.
4. Attractive light pink-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Astilbe differ from plants of the male parent, the cultivar ‘Bressingham Beauty’, in leaf shape and flower color, in addition, plants of the new Astilbe are more compact and have glossier leaves than plants of the cultivar ‘Bressingham Beauty’.
Plants of the new Astilbe are more compact and have glossier leaves than plants of the female parent, the cultivar ‘Jaqueline’.
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
Future Plants V.O.F.
Whealy C. A.
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