Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Verbena
Plant Patent
2001-03-30
2002-08-27
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Verbena
Plant Patent
active
PP012888
ABSTRACT:
LATIN NAME OF GENUS AND SPECIES OF PLANT CLAIMED
Verbena hybrida.
VARIETY DENOMINATION
‘Balwilapi’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct verbena plant, botanically known as
Verbena hybrida
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Balwilapi’.
The new cultivar was developed by the inventor through a controlled breeding program during 1998, at Arroyo Grande, Calif. The objective of 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 ‘Balwilapi’ was the commercially available verbena ‘Quartz Blue’ (not patented), which exhibits dark purple flowers, upright growth habit and medium green foliage. The male (pollen) parent of ‘Balwilapi’ was ‘Temari Violet’ (not patented), which exhibits dark lavender flowers, a trailing growth habit 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 are retained through successive generations of such asexual propagation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It was found that the cultivar of the present invention:
(a) Exhibits lavender pink flowers,
(b) Forms dark green foliage,
(c) Exhibits a good basal branching character and
(d) Exhibits a mounded and trailing growth habit.
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When the new cultivar of the present invention is compared to its male parent, ‘Temari Violet’, it is found that the new cultivar has larger leaves, more flowers per inflorescence and darker flower color as detailed in TABLE A.
When the new cultivar of the present invention is compared to ‘Balazlavi’ (co-pending U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 09/808,318), the new cultivar is distinguished from ‘Balazlavi’ primarily in petal coloration. 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.
Ball FloraPlant, A Division of Ball Horticultural Company
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
Gardner Carton & Douglas
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