Plants – Shrub or vine – Gardenia
Plant Patent
2002-08-29
2004-09-28
Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)
Plants
Shrub or vine
Gardenia
Plant Patent
active
PP015189
ABSTRACT:
Latin name of the genus and species of the claimed plant:
Gardenia jasminoides
Ellis.
Variety denomination: Kimberly.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Gardenia
plant, botanically known as
Gardenia jasminoides
Ellis, hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Kimberly’.
The new cultivar originated as a mutant in a controlled breeding program in Poeldijk, The Netherlands. The mutant parent is an unnamed plant of
Gardenia jasminoides
Ellis (unpatented). ‘Kimberly’ was discovered and selected by the inventor, Nicolaas Wilhelmus Jozef Maria Barendse, as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Poeldijk, The Netherlands.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by tissue culture was first performed in Summer 1998 in Alexandria, Egypt, and has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for the new cultivar are firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction. The new cultivar reproduces true-to-type.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Kimberly’ which in combination distinguish this
Gardenia
as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. dark green glossy leaves;
2. somewhat sinuated leaves;
3. large white flowers;
4. fast growth rate; and
5. good branch production.
‘Kimberly’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype of the new cultivar may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, and daylength without any change in the genotype of the plant. The following observations, measurements and values describe the new cultivar as grown in Poeldijk, The Netherlands under conditions which closely approximate those generally used in commercial practice.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Kimberly’ is cultivar
jasminoides
‘Ellis’. ‘Kimberly’ has much bigger, darker, glossier and somewhat sinuated leaves. The flowers of ‘Kimberly’ are bigger but the plant produces less buds. ‘Kimberly’ is wider than
jasminiodes
Ellis, produces more branches and the growing speed is approximately twice as high.
REFERENCES:
UPOV-Rom hit on ‘Kimberly’, Plant Variety Database, 2003/03.
Grunberg Anne Marie
Peet Richard C.
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