Plants – Shrub or vine – Azalea or rhododendron
Plant Patent
2001-02-08
2002-06-11
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Shrub or vine
Azalea or rhododendron
Plant Patent
active
PP012693
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Rhododendron, botanically known as
Rhododendron simsii
and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Angelina’.
The new Rhododendron is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Lochristi, Belgium. The objective of the breeding program is to create new long-flowering Rhododendron cultivars.
The new Rhododendron originated from a cross made by the Inventor in 1990 in Lochristi, Belgium, of two unidentified proprietary seedling selections of
Rhododendron simsii.
The new Rhododendron was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in Lochristi, Belgium. The selection of this plant was based on its double white flowers.
Asexual reproduction of the new Rhododendron by terminal cuttings taken in a controlled environment in Lochristi, Belgium, has shown that the unique features of this new Rhododendron are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new Rhododendron has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength, light intensity, nutritional and water status without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Angelina’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Angelina’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Uniform, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit.
2. Dark green foliage.
3. Numerous showy double hose-in-hose white-colored flowers.
4. Long flowering period; plants stay in flower for about 30 days.
Plants of the new Rhododendron can be compared to plants of the single-flowered cultivar ‘Aline’, not patented. However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Lochristi, Belgium, plants of the new Rhododendron are more vigorous, have more uniform branching habit, and have longer lasting flowers than plants of the cultivar ‘Aline’.
REFERENCES:
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Angelina’ as per QZ PBR 980754; Jun. 17, 1998.
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
Hortibreed B. V.
Whealy C. A.
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