Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-11-15
2001-07-24
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012009
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The new variety was found as an openly pollinated seedling of Ilex Hybrid ‘Mary Nell’, an unpatented variety, maintained in the Evergreen Nursery at Poplarville, Miss. The seedling was found in May, 1989. The new and distinct Ilex Hybrid plant of this invention comprises a novel and valuable holly plant with an upright, pyramidal shape, attractive orange-red fruit, and unusual leaf serrations. As with the parent plant, the plant of this invention may be advantageously employed as a specimen appointment, in either formal or informal groupings, and is very attractive in mass plantings. The plant serves well in foundation plantings and is adapted for culture as a potted plant. This plant is responsive to pruning and training and may be used in forming attractive hedges and maintained without an excessive amount of care.
Asexual propagation of the new plant by cuttings has been under Mr. Jack Mitchell Magee's direction at the same location. Several generations of the new plant have been evaluated and the distinctive characteristics of the plant have remained stable. The plant cannot be reproduced true from seed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new cultivar when grown under normal horticultural practices in Poplarville, Miss.
1. Dense, upright, and pyramidal in nature.
2. Hardy to Zone 7.
3. Heat and drought tolerant.
4. Fast growth rate under normal fertilization and moisture conditions.
5. Tolerates most soils from moist to dry and from sand to clay.
6. Relatively pest resistant.
7. Very desirable in planters.
8. Makes a good hedge or screen.
9. Easy to root from cutting collected any time of year.
10. Produces attractive orange-red fruit in the fall which persist into the winter and may result in bird visitations.
11. Has the ability to be sheared and trimmed to be kept within prescribed limits.
12. Mature leaves are a glossy rich green color with attactive spines.
13. Easily trained into a small tree.
Campell Bruce R.
Para A
Plant Development Services Inc.
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