Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1998-11-23
2001-01-16
Locker, Howard J. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011741
ABSTRACT:
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
My invention is a novel, unique, and ornamental form of Ilex selected by me from a group of open pollinated seedlings of
Ilex×attenuata
(
I. opaca×I. cassine
).
My breeding objective was to create a durable decorative shrub which combines the fine leaf texture, dense growth habit and abundant fruit production of
I. cassine
with the better leaf color and improved tolerance of cold and moisture stress of
I. opaca
. This invention comprises a novel amalgamation of attributes from the original species that differentiates it from all other forms of Ilex of which I am aware. The new clone has been named the Huo Yen variety.
The variety exhibits the following combination of traits:
(a) bountiful crops of berries maturing to vibrant red in early fall then persisting until spring,
(b) evergreen, fine textured leaves which retain lustrous green coloration even when plant is heavily fruited,
(c) robust, balanced crown without extensive shearing,
(d) erect narrow pyramidal crown with strong apical dominance,
(e) fruiting occurs on initial spring growth thus plants can be pruned without disrupting the annual fruiting cycle,
(f) tolerates a wide range of environmental conditions and pest equivalent to
I. opaca.
Huo Yen variety can be incorporated into landscapes much as
Ilex×attenuata
‘Foster 2’ which is extensively planted in the southern United States. In a production environment Huo Yen reveals a self-branching growth habit with strong apical dominance that improves uniformity and substantially reduces production cost when compared to Foster holly. Under landscape conditions Huo Yen fruits more abundantly, has better symmetry and finer textured foliage. Xia Xiang (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,526), my other recent introduction, differs from Huo Yen in that Xia Xiang leaves are revolute oblanceolate and a lighter shade of green, fruit is less abundant and about half as large, branching is denser with secondary branches becoming pendulous, and the crown is ultimately broader in relation to the height.
My new variety, Huo Yen, has been asexually propagated by cutting at Mobile, Decatur and Loxley, Ala. Propagules demonstrated that the distinctive combination of characteristics has been established and faithfully transmitted to successive generations.
Huo Yen is being marketed under the Dixie Flame Holly trademark.
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