Plants – Shrub or vine
Plant Patent
2001-12-19
2004-10-19
Locker, Howard J. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Shrub or vine
Plant Patent
active
PP015247
ABSTRACT:
Classification: The present invention relates to a new
Kerria japonica
(L.) DC [
Corchorus japonicus
Thunb.] plant.
Variety denomination: The new plant has the varietal denomination ‘Fubuki Nishiki’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of
Kerria japonica
(L.) DC [
Corchorus japonicus
Thunb.], which was discovered as a branch sport in a cultivated area of a controlled planting of
Kerria japonica
(unnamed, unpatented) in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The varietal denomination of the new variety is ‘Fubuki Nishiki’.
The genus
Kerria
is included in the family Rosaceae, which comprises about 100 genera and 2,000 species of herbs, shrubs and trees native mostly to China and Japan.
Kerria
comprises one species,
Kerria japonica
(L.) DC, native to the temperate regions of eastern Asia, which possesses desirable ornamental characteristics.
Kerria japonica
is a deciduous shrub with green leaves and glabrous branches. Leaves of the typical species are alternate, oval, long acuminate, serrated on the margins with pinnate venation. It generally has yellow flowers.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new variety was discovered as a branch sport in a controlled planting of
Kerria japonica
(unnamed, not patented) and differs from its parent by white flecked variegated foliage, yellow flowers with lighter yellow and greyed-green variegation, and slightly larger leaf size. Asexual reproduction of the new variety by vegetative cuttings, performed in Lewisberry, Pa. and Vacaville, Calif. have confirmed that the distinctive characteristics of the new variety are stable and transmitted to succeeding generations, and the new variety reproduces true to type.
COMPARISON WITH PARENTS
‘Fubuki Nishiki’ is distinguished from its parent and all other varieties of
Kerria japonica
of which I am aware by its white flecked variegated foliage, yellow flowers with lighter yellow and greyed-green variegation and slightly larger leaf size. The parent plant has completely green foliage and solid yellow flowers.
Christie Parker & Hale LLP
Hines Nurseries Inc.
Locker Howard J.
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