Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-06-01
2001-03-06
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1638)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011797
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant, botanically known as
Petunia axillaris
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Wesarmen.
The new Petunia is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany. The new Petunia originated from a cross made by the Inventor in 1996 of the seedling selection of
Petunia axillaris
identified as Sylvana konigsblau as the female, or seed, parent with the seedling selection of
Petunia axillaris
identified as Sylvana 95/106 as the male, or pollen, parent.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken at Südlohn-Oeding, Germany, has shown that the unique features of this new Petunia are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Wesarmen have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environments such as temperature, light intensity, daylength, and fertility level without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Wesarmen’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Wesarmen’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Compact plant habit and short internodes.
2. Small, dark green, rounded leaves.
3. Numerous purple flowers with intense dark purple net-like venation.
4. Cascading and freely branching growth habit.
5. Relatively early flowering.
6. Good weather tolerance, particularly tolerant to rain, wind and low temperatures.
Plants of the cultivar Wesarmen can be compared to plants of the nonpatented Surfinia Hot Pink. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany, plants of the cultivar Wesarmen differ from plants of the cultivar Surfinia Hot Pink in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Petunia are more compact and have shorter internodes than of plants of the cultivar Surfinia Hot Pink.
2. Leaves of plants of the new Petunia are smaller and more rounded than leaves of plants of the cultivar Surfinia Hot Pink.
3. Plants of the new Petunia flower earlier than plants of the cultivar Surfinia Hot Pink.
4. Plants of the new Petunia have smaller sepals than plants of the cultivar Surfinia Hot Pink.
Plants of the cultivar Wesarmen can be compared to plants of the nonpatented Surfinia Purple. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany, plants of the cultivar Wesarmen differ from plants of the cultivar Surfinia Purple in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new Petunia are not as broad and as spreading as of plants of the cultivar Surfinia Purple.
2. Leaves of plants of the new Petunia are darker green, shorter, more rounded and have longer petioles than leaves of plants of the cultivar Surfinia Purple.
3. Plants of the new Petunia have smaller but more flowers than plants of the cultivar Surfinia Purple.
4. Plants of the new Petunia and Surfinia Purple differ in flower color.
5. Plants of the new Petunia have larger and darker green sepals than plants of the cultivar Surfinia Purple.
6. Plants of the new Petunia have longer peduncles than plants of the cultivar Surfinia Purple.
7. Plants of the new Petunia exhibit better weather tolerance than plants of the cultivar Surfinia Purple.
REFERENCES:
patent: P.P. 8879 (1994-09-01), Danziger
UPOV CD-ROM, Petunia named ‘Wesaren’, QZ, PBR 960911, 2000.
Campell Bruce R.
Gartenbau-Spe{umlaut over (z)}ialkulturen
Kimball Melissa L.
Whealy C. A.
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