Plants – Shrub or vine
Plant Patent
2002-03-26
2004-06-01
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Shrub or vine
Plant Patent
active
PP014838
ABSTRACT:
Classification:
Carpinus coreana
Nak.
Variety denomination: ‘Kuro Bijin’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of
Carpinus coreana
Nak., which was discovered as a seedling selection in a cultivated planting of an unnamed, unpatented
Carpinus coreana
in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan by the originator, Mr. Hikaru Fujinami. The varietal denomination of the new variety is ‘Kuro Bijin’.
The genus Carpinus is included in the family Betulaceae which comprises about 6 genera and over 100 species of deciduous, mostly monoecious trees and shrubs, native mostly to the Northern Hemisphere. Carpinus comprises approximately 35 species of deciduous, monoecious, medium or small sized trees originating in the Northern Hemisphere, many of which possess desirable ornamental characteristics.
Carpinus coreana
possesses upright growth habit, with pendulous branches, broadly ovate leaves up to 5 cm long, with lustrous green foliage and veins in pairs, 10 to 12, hairy beneath, not impressed above. It generally possesses ornamental characteristics useful in the landscape.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new variety was discovered as a seedling selection in a controlled planting of
Carpinus coreana
and differs from other cultivars known to the inventor in having chocolate brown leaf color throughout the growing season. Asexual reproduction of the new variety by grafting, performed in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan; Vacaville, Calif.; and Lewisberry, Pa. have confirmed that the distinctive characteristics of the new variety are stable and transmitted to succeeding generations, and the new variety reproduces true to type.
COMPARISON WITH PARENT
‘Kuro Bijin’ is distinguished from its parent and all other varieties of
Carpinus coreana
of which I am aware by its chocolate brown leaf color throughout the growing season.
Christie Parker & Hale LLP
Hines Nurseries Inc.
Krawczewicz Myers Louanne
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