Plants – Rose – Miniature
Plant Patent
2003-10-15
2004-08-03
Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Miniature
Plant Patent
active
PP015066
ABSTRACT:
Classification: The present invention relates to a new
Rosa hybrida
plant.
Variety denomination: The new plant has the varietal denomination ‘WEKsactrumi’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Miniature Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as ‘POUlclaus’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,063) and as its pollen parent an undisseminated seedling of my creation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Among the features which distinguish the new variety from other presently available and commercial rose cultivars known to the inventor are the following combination of characteristics: its moderately mucronate to round petal apices, its excellent color stability throughout the life of the flower, its red suffusion on the inside of the sepals, its very smooth rachis and its very low thorned shoots and branches. The plant has a bushy moderately spreading growing habit, suitable for outdoor garden decoration.
Asexual reproduction of the new variety by budding as performed in Kern County and Upland, Calif., shows that the foregoing and other distinguishing characteristics come true to form and are established and transmitted through succeeding asexual propagations. ‘WEKsactrumi’ may be asexually propagated by cuttings, budding and grafting. The budding and grafting successfully occurred on the plant/rootstock
Rosa hybrida
cv. ‘Dr. Huey’.
COMPARISON WITH PARENTS
The new rose may be distinguished from its seed parent, ‘POUlclaus’ by the following combination of characteristics: whereas ‘WEKsactrumi’ bears flowers of cherry red coloration with double petalage (about 21 to 32 petals), ‘POUlclaus’ bears flowers of deeper red coloration with significantly lesser petalage (about 14 to 18 petals). The seed parent bears several large prickles and few small prickles on its branches and new shoots, whereas ‘WEKsactrumi’ bears no large or small prickles on the branches or the new shoots.
The new rose may be distinguished from its pollen parent, an undisseminated seedling of my creation by the following combination of characteristics: whereas ‘WEKsactrumi’ bears medium size flowers (about 4 to about 5 cm. in diameter) of cherry red coloration, the undisseminated seedling bears significantly smaller flowers of orange-red coloration. ‘WEKsactrumi’ has a bushy moderately spreading medium height growth habit, whereas the pollen parent has a very compact and significantly shorter mature growth habit.
Christie Parker & Hale LLP
Grunberg Anne Marie
McCormick-Ewoldt Susan B.
Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower Inc.
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