Loropetalum chinense variety rubrum named ‘Mosaic’

Details Loropetalum chinense variety rubrum named ‘Mosaic’ Loropetalum chinense variety rubrum named ‘Mosaic’

2002-02-11

2003-04-01

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

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Shrub or vine

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PP013693

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of
Loropetalum chinense
variety
rubrum
Yieh and was discovered as a branch sport of an unnamed variety of
Loropetalum chinense
var.
rubrum
(unpatented) in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The varietal denomination of the new variety is ‘MOSAIC’.
The genus Loropetalum is included in the family Hamamelidaceae that comprises about 15 genera of shrubs and trees growing in the northern hemisphere. Loropetalum comprises one (1) species of evergreen shrub or small tree, which possesses desirable ornamental characteristics. Loropetalum was first introduced to Europe as an ornamental plant the 1880s, and is believed to have been cultivated in North America since the early 1930s.
Loropetalum chinense
var.
rubrum
is a native of China, and was first discovered in 1928 in Hunan Province. It was rediscovered in the late 1980s and subsequently introduced to the United States.
Loropetalum chinense
var.
rubrum
generally has alternate, ovate leaves to about 6 cm long and about 3 cm wide. The plant is evergreen or partly evergreen depending on winter temperature. Leaf color ranges from light to dark Burgundy, occasionally Green, depending on light intensity, cultural conditions and cultivar. Shoots are slender, Brown, and densely pubescent, pith is solid. Leaves are generally densely pubescent overall.
Flowers of
Loropetalum chinense
var.
rubrum
are perfect, having 4-strap like petals which are about 2 cm long and about 0.3 cm wide. Three (3) to six (6) flowers are together in each leaf axil. Pedicel and calyx have a White pubescence. Flower color is Pinkish to Reddish Purple depending on the cultivar. Flowering is heaviest in early spring.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new variety was discovered as a branch sport, and differs from other cultivars known to the inventor by its sectoral Yellow leaf variegation. Asexual reproduction of the new variety by stem cuttings performed in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan; and Fulshear, Tex. have confirmed that the distinctive characteristics of the new variety are stable and transmitted to succeeding generations and that the new variety reproduces true to type.
COMPARISON WITH PARENT
‘MOSAIC’ is distinguished from its parent and all other varieties of
Loropetalum chinense
var.
rubrum
of which I am aware by its sectoral Yellow variegation. In contrast, the parent of ‘MOSAIC’ exhibits solid Purple foliage. Named varieties similar to the parent include
Loropetalum chinense
var.
rubrum
‘Ruby’ (unpatented), and ‘Hines Purpleleaf’ (unpatented), both of which exhibit solid Purple foliage.

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