Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-12-29
2001-06-26
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011960
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 ‘Touch of Pink’.
The new cultivar is a peoduct of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Noorden, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program was to develop new freely-flowering compact Astilbe cultivars.
The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the Inventor in 1992 of the
Astilbe simplicifolia
cultivar ‘Hennie Graafland’, not patented, as the male or pollen parent, with the
Astiebe japonica
cultivar ‘Europa’, not patented, as the female or seed parent.
The cultivar ‘Touch of Pink’ 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 ‘Touch of Pink’ 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 ‘Touch of Pink’. The characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Touch of Pink’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright and compact plant habit.
2. Durable dark green leaves.
3. Very freely, uniformly and continuous flowering.
4. Attractive light pink-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Astilbe differ from plants of the male parent, the cultivar ‘Hennie Graafland’, in flower shape, in addition, plants of the new Astilbe are narrower and are move floriferous than plants of the cultivar ‘Hennie Graafland’.
Plants of the new Astilbe differ from plants of the female parent, the cultivar ‘Europa’, in leaf shape and flower color, in addition, plants of the new Astilbe are more compact than plants of the cultivar ‘Europa’.
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
Future Plants V.O.F.
Whealy C. A.
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