Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Petunia
Plant Patent
2002-03-26
2004-06-22
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Petunia
Plant Patent
active
PP014929
ABSTRACT:
Latin name of the genus and species of plant claimed:
Petunia×hybrida
Variety denomination: ‘Balrufwhit’
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 ‘Balrufwhit’.
‘Balrufwhit’ 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 ‘Balrufwhit’ was the proprietary
Petunia×hybrida
variety, designated ‘BFP-39’ (not patented), which exhibits a vigorous trailing habit and single white flowers. The male parent of ‘Balrufwhit’ was the proprietary
Petunia×hybrida
variety, designated ‘BFP-61’ (not patented), which exhibits an upright habit and double white flowers. The new cultivar was discovered and selected as a single seedling originating from the above stated cross during November 1998 in a controlled environment at Arroyo Grande, Calif. and initially designated ‘BFP-740’.
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 white flowers;
(b) forms dark green foliage;
(c) exhibits a good basal branching character; and
(d) exhibits an upright, 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) and ‘Cascadia Double Pink’ (not patented). However, in side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new cultivar have larger sepals and larger flowers with more petals of a different color than ‘Cobink’. ‘Balrufwhit’ has larger flowers, larger sepals and lighter colored flowers than either ‘Cobink’ or ‘Cascadia Double Pink’.
Ball Floraplant, a division of Ball Horticultural
Kizilkaya Michelle
Wood Phillips Katz Clark & Mortimer
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