Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Geranium
Plant Patent
2002-09-29
2003-09-23
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Geranium
Plant Patent
active
PP014161
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Pelargonium peltatum
cultivar ‘KLEP01042’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Ivy Geranium plant, botanically known as
Pelargonium peltatum
, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘KLEP01042’.
The new Ivy Geranium is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Stuttgart, Germany. The objective of the breeding program was to develop new Ivy Geraniums with uniform plant habit and interesting flower and foliage colors.
The new Ivy Geranium originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in 1997 of a proprietary selection of
Pelargonium peltatum
identified as code number PL 707, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with the
Pelargonium peltatum
cultivar ‘Kleblue’, disclosed in U.S. Plant patent applciation Ser. No. 09/250,014 (now abandoned), as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar KLEP01042 was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny from this cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Stuttgart, Germany, in June, 1998.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken in a controlled environment in Stuttgart, Germany since 1999 has shown that the unique features of this new Ivy 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 ‘KLEP01042’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘KLEP01042’ as a new cultivar and distinguish it from other known Ivy Geranium cultivars:
1. Outwardly spreading and trailing plant habit.
2. Freely flowering habit.
3. Dark red-colored flowers arranged in hemispherical umbels held above and beyond the foliage on strong peduncles.
4. Tolerant to high temperatures.
Plants of the new Ivy Geranium are not as vigorous, but have darker red-colored flowers than plants of the female parent, the selection PL 707. Plants of the new Ivy Geranium differ primarily from plants of the male parent, the cultivar Kleblue, in flower color as plants of the cultivar Kleblue have purple-colored flowers.
The new Ivy Geranium can be compared to plants of the cultivar ‘Kleored’, not patented. However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Stuttgart, Germany, plants of the new Ivy Geranium differed from plants of the cultivar Kleored in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Ivy Geranium had glossier leaves than plants of the cultivar Kleored.
2. Plants of the new Ivy Geranium had darker red-colored flowers than plants of the cultivar Kleored.
Bell Kent
Klemm + Sohn GmbH + Co. KG
Whealy C. A.
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