Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2000-05-04
2002-05-07
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012605
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant, botanically known as
Phlox paniculata,
and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Barfourteen.
The new Phlox is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program was to create new compact Phlox cultivars suitable for potted plant production.
The new Phlox originated from a cross made by the Inventor of two proprietary selections of
Phlox paniculata
identified as code number
98
.
08
as the female, or seed, parent and code number 94.44.35.02 as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Phlox was discovered and selected by the Inventor in 1995 as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands. The new Phlox was selected on the basis of its compact pot-type habit and attractive flower color.
Plants of the new Phlox differ from plants of the female parent selection primarily in flower color. Compared to plants of the male parent selection, plants of the new Phlox have a more compact plant habit.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken at Aalsmeer, The Netherlands, has shown that the unique features of this new Phlox are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Barfourteen have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment 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 ‘Barfourteen’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Barfourteen’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Compact plant habit, suitable for potted plant production; growth retardants are usually not required to maintain compact habit.
2. Freely and continuous branching; dense and bushy growth habit.
3. Attractive and numerous dark reddish purple-colored flowers.
Compared to plants of the
Phlox paniculata
cultivar ‘Lilac Time’, not patented, plants of the new Phlox have shorter lateral branches, shorter internodes and differ in flower color.
REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTITM Computer Database, GTI JOUVE retrieval software 2000/02, citations for ‘Barfourteen’.
Baker Wendy C.
Bartels Breeding B.V.
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