Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Plant Patent
2003-12-12
2004-09-28
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Plant Patent
active
PP015188
ABSTRACT:
Latin name of genus and species of plant claimed:
Diascia hybrid.
Variety denomination: ‘Balwhiswhit’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Interspecific
Diascia
plant hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Balwhiswhit’.
The new cultivar was developed by the inventor in a controlled breeding program during the summer of 2000, at Guadalupe, Calif. The objective of the breeding program was the development of
Diascia
cultivars with a well-branched, spreading growth habit, continuous flowering and medium green-colored foliage.
The female (seed) parent of ‘Balwhiswhit’ was the proprietary Interspecific
Diascia
selection designated ‘377-3’ (not patented) characterized by its apricot-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage and prostrate habit. The male (pollen) parent of ‘Balwhiswhit’ was the proprietary Interspecific
Diascia
selection designated ‘399-1’ (not patented) characterized by its light lavender-colored flowers, light green-colored foliage, and spreading, mounded habit. Both parental cultivars have the following species in their background,
Diascia barbarae, Diascia integerimma
, and
Diascia mollis
. ‘Balwhiswhit’ was discovered and selected in the winter of 2000 as a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the above stated cross-pollination and was initially designated ‘601-1m-2-2’.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal stem cuttings taken since the winter of 2000 at Guadalupe, Calif. and West Chicago, Ill. has demonstrated that the new cultivar reproduces true to type with all the characteristics, as herein described, firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of such asexual propagation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It has been repeatedly found that the cultivar of the present invention:
1. Exhibits white-colored flowers,
2. Forms medium green-colored foliage, and
3. Exhibits a spreading and trailing growth habit.
Plants of the new cultivar differ from plants of the female parent primarily in flower color, and from plants of the male parent primarily in flower color and foliage color.
Of the many
Diascia
cultivars know to the inventor, the most similar to ‘Balwhiswhit’ is the cultivar ‘Iceburg’ (not patented). However, in side-by-side comparisons, plants of ‘Balwhiswhit’ have larger flowers than plants of the cultivar ‘Iceburg’.
Ball Horticultural Company
Bell Kent
Wood Phillips Katz Clark & Mortimer
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