Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2001-04-13
2002-04-09
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012521
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Double Impatiens plant, botanically known as
Impatiens walleriana
, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Boddblred’.
The new Impatiens is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Lompoc, Calif. The objective of the breeding program was to develop new compact Double Impatiens cultivars with fully double flowers, excellent branching, and attractive flower and foliage colors.
The new Impatiens originated from a cross made by the Inventor in October, 1999, of a proprietary
Impatiens walleriana
selection identified as 8IM15-6, not patented, as the female, or seed parent, with a proprietary
Impatiens walleriana
selection identified as 9IM1971-1, not patented, as the male, or pollen parent. The cultivar ‘Boddblred’ was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Lompoc, Calif.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken at Lompoc, Calif. since May, 2000, has shown that the unique features of this new Impatiens are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Boddblred’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Boddblred’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Compact, mounded and outwardly spreading plant habit.
2. Freely branching habit.
3. Dark green leaves; densely foliated.
4. Large dark red-colored flowers.
5. Fully double flower form.
6. Freely flowering habit.
7. Flowers positioned above the foliage.
Plants of the new Impatiens differ primarily from plants of the female parent in flower form and flower color as plants of the female parent have red orange semi-double flowers. Plants of the new Impatiens differ primarily from plants of the male parent in flower form as plants of the male parent have semi-double flowers.
The new Impatiens can be compared to the
Impatiens walleriana
cultivar ‘Salsa Red’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,606. However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Lompoc, Calif., plants of the new Impatiens differ from plants of the cultivar ‘Salsa Red’ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Impatiens are less vigorous, more compact and more rounded than plants of the cultivar ‘Salsa Red’.
2. Plants of the new Impatiens have larger leaves with longer petioles than plants of the cultivar ‘Salsa Red’.
3. Plants of the new Impatiens have larger flowers and more petals per flower than plants of the cultivar ‘Salsa Red’.
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
John Bodger & Sons Co.
Whealy C. A.
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