Plants – Shrub or vine – Lantana
Plant Patent
2002-12-26
2004-03-23
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Shrub or vine
Lantana
Plant Patent
active
PP014635
ABSTRACT:
Latin name of genus and species of plant claimed:
Gaura lindheimeri.
Variety denomination: ‘Baltinrose’.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct Gaura plant, botanically known as
Gaura lindheimeri
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Baltinrose’.
The new cultivar was developed by the inventor in a controlled breeding program during June 1999, at Elburn, Ill. The objective of the breeding program was the development of Gaura cultivars with a well-branched, compact habit, continuous flowering and dark green foliage.
The female (seed) parent of ‘Baltinrose’ was a proprietary Gaura selection designated ‘0007-1’(non-patented, characterized by its white flowers. The male (pollen) parent of ‘Baltinrose’ was commercially available Gaura variety ‘Siskyou Pink’ (non-patented) characterized by its medium pink flowers. ‘Baltinrose’ was selected in August 2000 as a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the above stated cross and was initially designated ‘0012-B1’.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar at West Chicago, Ill. was carried out by the use of terminal stem cuttings has demonstrated that the new Gaura reproduces true to type with the characteristics as herein described are firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of such asexual propagation.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
It was found that the cultivar of the present invention:
(a) exhibits medium pink colored flowers,
(b) forms dark green foliage, and
(c) exhibits an upright and slightly spreading growth habit.
The new cultivar of the present invention can be compared to its male parent ‘Siskiyou Pink’. In side-by-side comparison, plants of the new cultivar have darker pink flowers than those of ‘Siskiyou Pink’.
Ball Horticultural Company
Bell Kent
Wood Phillips Katz Clark & Mortimer
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