Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Carnation or pink
Plant Patent
2002-07-29
2004-06-01
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Carnation or pink
Plant Patent
active
PP014837
ABSTRACT:
Classification: The present invention relates to a new Hybrid
Dianthus carophyllus
plant.
Variety denomination: The new plant has the varietal denomination ‘CFPC Mel’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of carnation plant which was originated is a cross of ‘CFPC Marmalade’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,858) as a seed parent and an undistributed unpatented seedling identified as ‘970143’ as a pollen parent. The varietal denomination of the new variety is ‘CFPC Mel’.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Among the novel characteristics possessed by the new variety which distinguish it from other varieties of which I am aware, are its attractive orange picotee pink flowers which retain color without fading. When grown in a greenhouse in Salinas, Calif., in 4½ inch plastic pots, pinched plants are about 8 inches tall and about 6 inches in diameter. Flower diameter averages about 1⅞ inches with a crown of about ¾ inch (average). Foliage is about 3⅜ inches long and about
{fraction (5/16)} inch wide at its widest point.
Asexual reproduction by propagation by cuttings of the new variety as performed in Salinas, Calif., shows that the foregoing and other distinguishing characteristics come true to form and are established and transmitted through succeeding propagation.
COMPARISON WITH PARENTS
The new variety differs from its parents in flower color. The seed parent has orange-colored flowers and the male parent has red-colored flowers.
California Florida Plant Company L.P.
Campell Bruce R.
McCormick Susan B.
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