Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
2000-04-09
2001-10-23
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012167
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Scabiosa plant, botanically known as
Scabiosa anthemifolia
, and referred to by the cultivar name Giant Blue.
The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Emerald, Victoria, Australia. The objective of the breeding program was to create new Scabiosa cultivars with large and numerous inflorescences.
The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the Inventor of a proprietary selection of
Scabiosa anthemifolia
identified as code number SA 17A as the female, or seed, parent and a proprietary selection of
Scabiosa anthemifolia
identified as code number AU 105, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Scabiosa was selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of this cross in a controlled environment in Emerald, Victoria, Australia in 1995.
Plants of the new Scabiosa are more vigorous, have shorter peduncles, and have larger inflorescences than plants of the female parent, the selection SA 17A. Plants of the new Scabiosa are larger, have shorter peduncles, and have more inflorescences per plant than plants of the male parent, the selection AU 105.
Asexual propagation of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings at Emerald, Victoria, Australia, has shown that the unique features of this new Scabiosa are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Giant Blue’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Giant Blue’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Tall and upright growth habit.
2. Freely branching habit
3. Large lavender-colored inflorescences.
4. Numerous inflorescences per plant.
5. Long flowering period.
The new cultivar can be compared to the
Scabiosa columbaria
cultivar Butterfly Blue, not patented. However in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Emerald, Victoria, Australia, plants of the new cultivar are stronger, have longer peduncles, and have larger inflorescences than plants of the cultivar Butterfly Blue.
The cultivar Giant Blue has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.
Campell Bruce R.
Grunberg Anne Marie
Whealy C. A.
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