Verbena plant named ‘Balazlavi’

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2001-03-14

2002-07-23

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Verbena

Plant Patent

active

PP012787

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct verbena plant, botanically known as
Verbena hybrida
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Balazlavi’.
The new cultivar was developed by the inventor through a controlled breeding program during 1998 at Arroyo Grande, Calif. The objective of the breeding program was the development of verbena cultivars with semi-trailing mounded habit, continuous flowering, excellent basal branching and small, dark green foliage.
The female (seed) parent of ‘Balazlavi’ was the commercially available seed verbena cultivar ‘Quartz Blue’ (unpatented) which exhibits an upright growth habit, dark purple flowers with white “eye” and medium green foliage. The male (pollen) parent of ‘Balazlavi’ was the commercially available verbena cultivar ‘Temari Violet’ (unpatented), which exhibits a trailing growth habit, dark lavender flowers and medium green foliage.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal stem cuttings in Arroyo Grande, Calif. and West Chicago, Ill. has demonstrated that the characteristics of the new cultivar as herein described are firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of such asexual propagation.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
It was found that the cultivar of the present invention:
(a) Exhibits lavender flowers with small “eye”,
(b) Forms serrate, dark green foliage
(c) Exhibits a good basal branching character and
(d) Exhibits an upright mounded and trailing growth habit.
When the new cultivar of the present invention is compared to its male parent, ‘Temari Violet’, it is found that the new cultivar, is shorter, has longer internodes, larger leaves, larger inflorescences and different flower and calyx color. When compared to ‘Temari Patio Blue’, (unpatented), ‘Balazlavi’ is more compact, has longer internodes, longer petioles, fewer flowers per inflorescence and different flower and calyx color as detailed in TABLE A.
When the new cultivar of the present invention is compared to ‘Balazdapi’ (co-pending U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/808,204), the new cultivar is distinguished from ‘Balazdapi’ primarily in petal coloration. When the new cultivar of the present invention is compared to ‘Balwilapi’ (co-pending U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/822,611), the new cultivar is distinguished from ‘Balwilapi’ primarily in petal coloration.

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