Petunia plant named ‘Balrufrose’

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2002-03-26

2004-06-22

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Petunia

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PP014927

ABSTRACT:

Latin name of the genus and species of plant claimed:
Petunia×hybrida.
Variety Denomination: ‘Balrufrose’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct Double Petunia plant, botanically known as
Petunia×hybrida
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Balrufrose’.
‘Balrufrose’ is the result of a planned breeding program with the objective of developing Petunia cultivars with large, double flowers and vigorous mounded trailing growth habits.
The female parent of ‘Balrufrose’ was the proprietary
Petunia×hybrida
variety, designated ‘BFP-10’ (Trialing Pink), which exhibits a vigorous trailing habit, dark green foliage and single pink flowers. The male parent of ‘Balrufrose’ was the propriety
Petunia×hybrida
variety, designated ‘30251-1’, which exhibits medium vigor, mounded trailing habit, dark green foliage and double coral flowers. The new cultivar was discovered and selected as a single seeding originating from within the progeny of the above stated cross during September 1998 in a controlled environment at Arroyo Grande, Calif. and initially designated ‘BFP-672’ and subsequently named ‘Balrufrose’.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar has been carried out at Arroyo Grande, Calif. and West Chicago, Ill. by terminal tip cuttings and has demonstrated that the unique characteristics of the new cultivar as herein described are firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of such asexual propagation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It was found that the cultivar of the present invention:
(a) exhibits fully double, bright rose colored flowers;
(b) forms a dark green foliage;
(c) exhibits a good basal branching character; and
(d) exhibits a mounded trailing growth habit.
The new cultivar of the present invention can be compared to Petunia plant named ‘Cobink’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,012). However, in side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new cultivar are more floriferous, exhibit smaller leaves and shorter internodes than ‘Cobink’. The flowers of ‘Balrufrose’ have more petals and are darker in color than those of ‘Cobink’.

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