Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2001-03-31
2002-03-26
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012494
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant, botanically known as
Pelargonium×hortorum
, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Balfanshop’.
The new Geranium is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Arroyo Grande, Calif. The objective of the breeding program was to develop new cultivars with freely-branching and vigorous growth habit, dark green-colored foliage, uniform flowering, and interesting flower and foliage colors.
The new Geranium originated from a cross made by the Inventor of the
Pelargonium×hortorum
cultivar ‘Americana Violet’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,750, as the female, or seed, parent with the
Pelargonium×hortorum
cultivar ‘Fisbra’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,458, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar ‘Balfanshop’ was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny from this cross in a controlled environment in Arroyo Grande, Calif., in 1998.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken at Arroyo Grande, Calif., has shown that the unique features of this new Geranium 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 ‘Balfanshop’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Balfanshop’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright and mounded growth habit.
2. Freely basal branching habit.
3. Dark green leaves with darker green zonation pattern.
4. Light purple-colored semi-double flowers.
5. Numerous flowers per umbel.
Compared to plants of the female parent, the cultivar ‘Americana Violet’, plants of the new Geranium have lighter purple-colored flowers. Compared to plants of the male parent, the single-flowered cultivar ‘Fisbra’, plants of the new Geranium have lighter purple-colored flowers.
The new Geranium can be compared to the cultivar, ‘Eclipse Pink’, not patented. However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Arroyo Grande, Calif., plants of the new Geranium differ from plants of the cultivar ‘Eclipse Pink’ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Geranium are more compact than plants of the cultivar ‘Eclipse Pink’.
2. Plants of the new Geranium have smaller umbels than plants of the cultivar ‘Eclipse Pink’.
The new Geranium can also be compared to the cultivar, ‘BFP-285 Pink Parfait’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,230. However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Arroyo Grande, Calif., plants of the new Geranium differ from plants of the cultivar ‘BFP-285 Pink Parfait’ in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Geranium are more compact and have shorter internodes than plants of the cultivar ‘BFP-285 Pink Parfait’.
2. Plants of the new Geranium have smaller umbels than plants of the cultivar ‘BFP-285 Pink Parfait’.
3. Plants of the new Geranium have shorter peduncles than plants of the culivar ‘BFP-285 Pink Parfait’.
4. Flower petals of the new Geranium do not have a purple spot whereas flower petals of the cultivar ‘BFP-285 Pink Parfait’ have a purple spot.
Ball FloraPlant, A division of Ball Horticultural Co.
Bell Kent L.
Whealy C. A.
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