Plants – Shrub or vine
Plant Patent
2003-07-21
2004-06-15
Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)
Plants
Shrub or vine
Plant Patent
active
PP014906
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation: Coprosma hybrida cultivar Fire Burst.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Coprosma plant, botanically known as Coprosma hybrida, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Fire Burst’.
The new Coprosma was discovered by the Inventor in 1999 in a controlled environment in Palmerston North, New Zealand, as a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of the Coprosma hybrida cultivar Rainbow Surprise, not patented. The new Coprosma was selected by the Inventor on the basis of its uniquely-colored foliage.
Asexual reproduction of the new Coprosma by cuttings in a controlled environment in Palmerston, New Zealand since Aug. 10, 1999, has shown that the unique features of this new Coprosma are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Fire Burst have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Fire Burst’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Fire Burst’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant form.
2. Freely branching growth habit.
3. Dark green, pale pink and bright red tri-colored foliage.
Plants of the cultivar Fire Burst are most similar to plants of the parent, the cultivar Rainbow Surprise. Plants of the new Coprosma differ from plants of the cultivar Rainbow Surprise in foliage coloration as plants of the new Coprosma have leaves with dark green-colored centers and bright red-colored margins whereas plants of the cultivar Rainbow Surprise have leaves with medium green-colored centers and bright pink-colored margins.
REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTITM Computer Database, 2003/05, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, citation ‘Fire Burst’.
Grunberg Anne Marie
McCormick Susan
Whealy C. A.
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