Echinacea plant named ‘Kim's Knee High’

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1999-04-06

2001-12-04

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

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ABSTRACT:

BRIEF SUMMARY OF INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Coneflower, botanically know as
Echinacea purpurea
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Kim's Knee High’.
The new cultivar is valued for its unique and long-lasting flower display and short plant habit.
‘Kim's Knee High’ is a whole plant selection by Kim Hawks after crossing and evaluation of dwarf Coneflower for three generations at a nursery in Chapel Hill, N.C., starting with a chance seedling of unknown origin, from
Echinacea purpurea
. Kim has propagated this plant asexually by root cuttings, at the same nursery in Chapel Hill, N.C., and it has also been reproduced successfully by tissue culture. Rooting occurs in two to four weeks. Plants are finished off to flowering size in 10 to 12 weeks in three inch pots. The plant retains its distinctive characteristics and reproduces true to type individuals in successive generations.
BACKGROUND OF THE PLANT
Echinacea purpurea
is an American native plant found in the eastern United States region normally bounded by Michigan and Oklahoma on the west and Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia on the east. These are several named varieties, including: ‘Alba’ (not patented), ‘Bright Star’ (not patented), ‘Magnus’ (not patented), ‘Monk's Silver’ (not patented),
Rudbeckia purpurea
plant U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,414 (now known as
Echinacea purpurea
‘Robert Bloom’ U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,414), ‘The King’ (not patented), ‘White Lustre’ (not patented), and ‘White Swan’ (not patented), most of which are seed propagated. These are all taller varieties, like the straight species, that flower in heights varying between 65 and 150 cm (26 to 60 inches) tall. One dwarf variety,
Echinacea purpurea
‘Cygnet White’ (not patented), is a selection with white horizontal ray florets that reaches 51 cm (20 inches) in plant height. Other short forms exist, such as ‘Nana’ (not patented) in Great Britain and ‘Rosenelf’ (not patented) in Germany, however, ‘Kim's Knee High’ is unique in its clear pinkish red flower color and extended bloom period. The flowers of the general species range from white and cream to pink, carmine and purple with greenish or bronze colored centers.
Echinacea purpurea
grows in most soils in zones 3 through 9 and is tolerant of high heat and drought.


REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTITM Computer Database, 2000/04, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, citation for ‘Kim's Knee High’.

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