Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Geranium
Plant Patent
2001-06-07
2003-01-28
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Geranium
Plant Patent
active
PP013520
ABSTRACT:
CLASSIFICATION
Pelargonium×domesticum
(regal geranium).
VARIETAL DENOMINATION
‘Elegance Raspberry Swirl’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of
Pelargonium×domesticum
known by the varietal name ‘Elegance Raspberry Swirl’. The new variety was discovered in a selected breeding program in Connellsville, Pa., Breeder No. 6DG3081-6. The new variety is a selection from the cross of unpatented proprietary breed variety Seedling Pink/Blotch #262, the female parent and unpatented proprietary breed variety Seedling Salmon/Blotch #266, the male parent. The new variety exhibits similar flower color to the female parent and is more vigorous, more free flowering, and blooms earlier than both parents. The red and white bicolor of the flowers of the new variety is distinct from other varieties in this market class. The new variety was first asexually reproduced by cuttings in Connellsville, Pa. The new variety has been trial and field tested at Connellsville and has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics and remain true to type through successive propagations.
The cultivar, when grown in a glass greenhouse in Connellsville, Pa. using natural light and temperatures of 60° F. night and 68° F. day, has a response time of 13 weeks from a rooted cutting to flowering in a 6 inch pot. The response time was determined on plants grown in soilless media employing constant fertilizer 150-200 parts per million of nitrogen and potassium in full light.
Campell Bruce R.
Olgevee Ltd.
Para A
Webb Ziesenheim & Logsdon Orkin & Hanson, P.C.
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