Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2001-01-31
2002-03-12
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012451
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of geranium, botanically known as a hybrid of
Pelargonium zonale×peltatum,
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Fisgren’. ‘Fisgren’ originated from a hybridization made by the inventor Angelika Utecht in a controlled breeding program in Hillscheid, Germany, in 1995.
The female parent was a hybrid seedling, no. 92-08-33 (unpatented), of the species
Pelargonium zonale,
having scarlet, semi-double flowers, distinctly zoned foliage, and relatively compact plant habit. The male parent was an ivy geranium (
Pelargonium peltatum
), the hybrid seedling no. 93-125-3 (unpatented), derived from a cross of the commercial (unpatented) varieties ‘Hagenbach Rosa’, with pink, double flowers, and tall plant habit, and ‘Martine’, dark-red, single-type flowers. The hybrid seedling was characterized by bright red, single-type flowers, zoned foliage, and vigorous growth. The resulting immature seedlings were grown in tissue culture (“embryo rescue”) and finally transferred from the test-tubes into rock-wool cubes and grown in a greenhouse in 1996.
‘Fisgren’ was selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross by Angelika Utecht in a controlled environment in Hillscheid, Germany, in 1996. The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Fisgren’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in the winter of 1996/1997 in a controlled environment in Galdar, Gran Canaria, Spain, by, or under the supervision of, Angelika Utecht. Horticultural examination of plants grown from the plant initiated in the spring of 1997 in Hillscheid, Germany, and continuing thereafter, has demonstrated that the combination of characteristics as herein disclosed for ‘Fisgren’ are firmly fixed and are retained through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
‘Fisgren’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity and day length.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following observations, measurements, and comparisons describe plants grown in Hillscheid, Germany, and in Langley, British Columbia, Canada, under greenhouse conditions which approximate those generally used in commercial practice.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Fisgren’, which in combination distinguish this geranium as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Bright red, semi-double flowers;
2. Medium-sized, almost semi-spherically shaped inflorescences, well above the foliage;
3. Large, medium-green leaves, with relatively strong zonation;
4. Vigorous growth and well-branched, horizontally spreading plant habit;
5. Medium to late spring flowering response, floriferous throughout the summer; and
6. Robust plant for outdoor planting and tubs/barrels, little care required.
Of the many commercial cultivars known to the present inventor, the most similar in comparison to ‘Fisgren’ is the variety ‘Schöne von Grenchen’ (unpatented). In comparison to ‘Schöne von Grenchen’, ‘Fisgren’ has a bright red, less orange-red, flower color, more intense green foliage, stronger zonation, and better branched plant habit.
REFERENCES:
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Fisgren’ as per QZ PBR 991044; Jul. 20, 1999.*
Fischer-Schmülling Plant Alliance Catalog featuring ‘FISGREN’ on p. 21 (2001).
Official Gazette of the Community Plant Variety Office Oct. 15, 1999; European Union Application, denomination, decision for ‘FISGREN’.
German Application for ‘FISGREN’ Sep. 15, 1998.
German Proposed Denomination for ‘FISGREN’ Aug. 15, 1999.
Plant Varieties Journal, Jan. 2001, No. 38, p. 66 (Canada).
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
Flofis AG
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