Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-10-08
2001-04-03
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011835
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Sutera plant, botanically known as
Sutera cordata
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Lavender Storm.
The new Sutera was discovered by the Inventor in Emerald, Victoria, Australia, in a seed bed of sown
Sutera cordata
seed from various random crosses of Sutera ‘Mauve Mist’, not patented, and the white-flowered Sutera ‘Blizzard’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,966. The Inventor believes that plants of the cultivar Mauve Mist served as the female parent.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken at Emerald, Victoria, Australia, has shown that the unique features of this new Sutera are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Lavender Storm 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 ‘Lavender Storm’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Lavender Storm’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Compact, dense and prostrate or trailing plant habit.
2. Very freely branching.
3. Very floriferous.
4. Lavender-colored flowers.
5. Long and continuous flowering period, spring through fall.
6. Tolerant to high temperatures and good garden performance.
Compared to plants of the parent cultivar Mauve Mist, plants of the new Sutera are more compact; more freely flowering; tend to flow earlier; have broader petals; longer peduncles; and are more high temperature tolerant.
Compared to plants of the cultivar Lavender Showers, plants of the new Sutera have longer internodes; longer, thicker and lighter green leaves; longer, thicker and darker green petioles; shorter ped uncles; and broader flowers.
REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTITM Computer Database 2000/05, GTI JOUVE Retrieval Software.
Campell Bruce R.
Para A
Whealy C. A.
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