Hydrangea plant named ‘Little Lamb’

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2002-11-25

2004-12-07

Locker, Howard J. (Department: 1661)

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PP015395

ABSTRACT:

Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Hydrangea paniculata
cultivar Little Lamb.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Hydrangea
plant, botanically known as
Hydrangea paniculata
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Little Lamb.
The new
Hydrangea
originated from a cross-pollination during the summer of 1989 of a proprietary selection of
Hydrangea paniculata
identified as code number 16, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with an unknown selection of
Hydrangea paniculata
, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Little Lamb was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Essen, Belgium.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by softwood cuttings taken in Essen, Belgium since 1995, has shown that the unique features of this new
Hydrangea
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Little Lamb have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Little Lamb’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Little Lamb’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright and outwardly arching plant habit.
2. Inflorescences held upright and outward on strong stems.
3. Compact, dense and conical-shaped inflorescences.
4. Numerous flowers per inflorescence.
Plants of the new
Hydrangea
differ from plants of female parent selection in the following characteristics:
1. Inflorescences of plants of the new
Hydrangea
are smaller and more dense than inflorescences of plants of the female parent selection.
2. Plants of the new
Hydrangea
have smaller flowers than plants of the female parent selection.
Plants of the new
Hydrangea
can be compared to plants of the
Hydrangea paniculata
cultivar P.G., not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Grand Haven, Mich., plants of the new
Hydrangea
differed from plants of the cultivar P.G. in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Hydrangea
were smaller than plants of the cultivar P.G..
2. Plants of the new
Hydrangea
had larger inflorescences than plants of the cultivar P.G..
3. Plants of the new
Hydrangea
had smaller flowers than plants of the cultivar P.G..
Plants of the new
Hydrangea
can also be compared to plants of the
Hydrangea paniculata
cultivar Tardiva, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Grand Haven, Mich., plants of the new
Hydrangea
differed from plants of the cultivar Tardiva in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Hydrangea
were smaller than plants of the cultivar Tardiva.
2. Plants of the new
Hydrangea
had larger and more dense inflorescences than plants of the cultivar Tardiva.
3. Plants of the new
Hydrangea
had smaller flowers than plants of the cultivar Tardiva.
4. Plants of the new
Hydrangea
flowered earlier than plants of the cultivar Tardiva.

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