Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-05-07
2001-06-19
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011938
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This new Raphiolepis variety was found in May, 1991 as a chance sport on an unnamed unpatented seedling
Raphiolepis indica
plant of unknown parentage. The plant upon which the sport was found is not a horticultural variety and is not available commercially. The sport, hereinafter referred to as ‘Conynne’, was discovered by the late Clayton J. McCommon in a cultivated area at Avalon Ornamentals, 16515 Davenport Road, Winter Garden, Fla. The new and distinct
Raphiolepis indica
plant of this invention comprises a novel and valuable plant with a dense, low spreading habit and an abundance of pink flower clusters. The new variety has retained many of the outstanding attributes of its parent species, in particular its tolerance of heat, drought, salt, and disease which makes it adaptable to culture in most of the Sunbelt States. As with the parent species, the plant of this invention may be advantageously employed as a specimen appointment, a ground cover, in either formal or informal groupings, and is quite attractive in mass plantings. ‘Conynne’ serves well in foundation plantings and is adapted for culture as a potted plant. ‘Conynne’, is responsive to pruning and training and may be employed in forming dense, attractive, low-growing hedges, and maintained without an excessive amount of care. This plant is easy to care for and maintain in size due to its short internodes, slow to moderate growth rate, heavy branching, and dense canopy. Its natural propensity to remain small to maturity makes it valuable for landscape uses in smaller home gardens which require plants which do not outgrow their intended mature dimensions.
Asexual propagation of the new plant by cuttings has been under Mrs. McCommon's direction at Avalon Ornamentals in Winter Garden, Fla. Several generations of the new plant have been evaluated and the distinctive characteristics of the plant have remained stable. The plant cannot be reproduced true from seed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new cultivar when grown under normal horticultural practices in Winter Garden, Fla.
1. Dense, low, and spreading in nature. Plant is wider than tall.
2. Moderate to slow growth rate.
3. New growth terminals are pronounced with a light bronze coloration which offers a novel and strikingly appealing contrast of new foliage to old foliage in plants of this market class.
4. Hardy to Zone 7.
5. Heat and drought resistant.
6. Good plant for coastal areas because of wind and salt tolerance.
7. Good specimen plant.
8. Good foundation plant.
9. Very desirable in planters.
10. Produces seeds and therefore may result in bird visitations.
11. Makes a very good low growing hedge.
12. Flowers are single to semi-double, pink, fragrant, and profuse.
Campell Bruce R.
Grunberg Anne Marie
Plant Development Services Inc.
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