Plants – Shrub or vine – Hibiscus
Plant Patent
2001-01-18
2002-06-25
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Shrub or vine
Hibiscus
Plant Patent
active
PP012730
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus, botanically known as
Hibiscus rose
-
sinensis
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Gabriel.
The new Hibiscus is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Plaquemine, La. The objective of the breeding program is to create new large-flowered Hibiscus cultivars with unique and desirable flower colors.
The new Hibiscus originated from a cross made by the Inventor in Plaquemine, La., of the
Hibiscus rosa
-
sinensis
cultivar Topaz Glory, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with an unidentified selection of
Hibiscus rosa
-
sinensis
, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Gabriel was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Plaquemine, La.
Compared to plants of the topaz-flowered female parent, the cultivar Topaz Glory, plants of the new Hibiscus are more outwardly spreading and more freely branching.
Asexual reproduction of the new Hibiscus by terminal cuttings taken in a controlled environment in Plaquemine, La., has shown that the unique features of this new Hibiscus are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Gabriel has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, nutrition and water status without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Gabriel’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Gabriel’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Glossy dark green leaves.
2. Upright, outwardly spreading and freely branching plant habit that is appropriate for container production.
3. Freely flowering habit.
4. Large orange and purple-colored flowers with dark red centers.
Campell Bruce R.
DuPont Nursery, Inc.
Kizilkaya Michelle
Whealy C. A.
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