Loropetalum plant named ‘Bill Wallace’

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2003-12-22

2004-10-26

Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)

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PP015277

ABSTRACT:

Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Loropetalum chinensis
cultivar Bill Wallace.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Loropetalum
plant, botanically known as
Loropetalum chinensis
, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Bill Wallace’.
The new
Loropetalum
is a naturally-occurring branch mutation of the
Loropetalum chinensis
cultivar Burgundy, not patented. The new
Loropetalum
was discovered and selected by the Inventor from within a large population of plants of the cultivar Burgundy in a controlled environment in Semmes, Ala. in 1996.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by cuttings at Semmes, Ala., since July, 1999, has shown that the unique features of this new
Loropetalum
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Bill Wallace’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Bill Wallace’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Outwardly spreading and procumbent plant habit.
2. Short internodes, dense and bushy growth habit.
3. Relatively small leaves.
4. Dark reddish green-colored leaves.
In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Moncks Corner, S.C., plants of the new
Loropetalum
differed from plants of the cultivar Burgundy in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Loropetalum
were outwardly spreading and procumbent in habit whereas plants of the cultivar Burgundy were much taller and upright.
2. Plants of the new
Loropetalum
had shorter internodes and were denser and bushier than plants of the cultivar Burgundy.
The new
Loropetalum
can be compared to the cultivar, Zhuzhou Fuchsia, not patented. However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Moncks Corner, S.C., plants of the new
Loropetalum
differed from plants of the cultivar Zhuzhou Fuchsia in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Loropetalum
were outwardly spreading and procumbent in habit whereas plants of the cultivar Zhuzhou Fuchsia were much taller and upright.
2. Plants of the new
Loropetalum
had shorter internodes and were denser and bushier than plants of the cultivar Zhuzhou Fuchsia.
3. Plants of the new
Loropetalum
had smaller and narrower leaves than plants of the cultivar Zhuzhou Fuchsia.
4. Plants of the new
Loropetalum
had reddish green-colored leaves whereas plants of the cultivar Zhuzhou Fuchsia had dark purple-colored leaves.
The new
Loropetalum
can also be compared to the cultivar, Ruby, not patented. However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Moncks Corner, S.C., plants of the new
Loropetalum
differed from plants of the cultivar Ruby in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Loropetalum
were outwardly spreading and procumbent in habit whereas plants of the cultivar Ruby were taller and upright.
2. Plants of the new
Loropetalum
had shorter internodes and were denser and bushier than plants of the cultivar Ruby.
3. Plants of the new
Loropetalum
had smaller and narrower leaves than plants of the cultivar Ruby.

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