Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-10-27
2001-07-31
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012027
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Scaevola plant, botanically known as
Scaevola aemula
and referred to by the cultivar name White Champ.
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 compact Scaevola cultivars.
The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the Inventor in 1996 of two unidentified selections of
Scaevola aemula
. The new Scaevola was selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of this cross in a controlled environment in Emerald, Victoria, Australia.
Plants of the new Scaevola have white flowers whereas plants of the unidentified selections have lavender blue flowers which is typical for the species
Scaevola aemula
. In addition, plants of the new Scaevola have lighter green leaves than plants of the female parent.
Asexual propagation of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken in Emerald, Victoria, Australia, has shown that the unique features of this new Scaevola are stable and are reproduced true to type in successive propagations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The new cultivar 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.
The following characteristics have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘White Champ’ which distinguish ‘White Champ’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Low-growing, spreading and cascading growth habit.
2. Short internodes, dense and bushy plant form and freely branching plant habit.
3. Freely flowering, more than 200 flowers and flower buds per plant.
4. Unique large white fan-shaped flowers with yellow green throat.
REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTITM JOUVE Computer Database 2000/04, citation for ‘White Champ’, Aug. 2000.
Baker W Couchoud
Campell Bruce R.
Whealy C. A.
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