Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Geranium
Plant Patent
2002-09-17
2003-08-19
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Geranium
Plant Patent
active
PP014085
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification:
Pelargonium×peltatum
(ivy geranium).
Varietal denomination: ‘Global Soft Pink’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of
Pelargonium×peltatum
known by the varietal name ‘Global Soft Pink’. The new variety was discovered in a selected breeding program in Lompoc, Calif. as Breeder No. 4DG955. The new variety is a result of cross breeding of ‘Guimongol’ (female) (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,352) and ‘Belladona’ (male) (unpatented). The new variety exhibits similar plant type to both parents and a flower color intermediate the parents' flower colors. 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 12 weeks from a rooted cutting to flowering in a 10 inch pot. The response time was determined on plants grown in soilless media employing constant fertilizer 200-250 parts per million of nitrogen and potassium in full light. Three cuttings planted in a pot and pinched at four weeks produces a finished hanging basket.
Bell Kent
Oglevee Ltd.
Webb Ziesenhiem Logsdon Orkin & Hanson P.C.
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