Verbena plant named ‘Bodcomburgeye’

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2003-10-13

2004-09-28

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Verbena

Plant Patent

active

PP015179

ABSTRACT:

Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Verbena hybrida
cultivar Bodcomburgeye.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Verbena
plant, botanically known as
Verbena hybrida
, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Bodcomburgeye’.
The new
Verbena
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Lompoc, Calif. The objective of the breeding program is to develop new
Verbena
cultivars with a dense and bushy growth habit, numerous flowers, and interesting flower and foliage colors.
The new
Verbena
originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in April, 1989 of a proprietary
Verbena hybrida
selection identified as 9V161, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
Verbena hybrida
selection identified as 9V174, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Bodcomburgeye was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny from this cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Lompoc, Calif.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken in a controlled environment in Lompoc, Calif. has shown that the unique features of this new
Verbena
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Bodcomburgeye’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Bodcomburgeye’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Compact, upright and mounded plant habit.
2. Freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit.
3. Dark green-colored leaves.
4. Very dark purple and white bi-colored flowers with flowers held above and beyond the foliage.
Plants of the new
Verbena
differ primarily from plants of the parent selections in plant habit and flower coloration.
Plants of the new
Verbena
differ primarily from plants of the cultivar Bodcomblu, disclosed in a U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/684,568, in flower coloration.
Plants of the new
Verbena
can be compared to plants of the cultivar Quartz Burgundy, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Lompoc, Calif., plants of the new Verbena differed primarily from plants of the cultivar Quartz Burgundy in plant form and flower size as plants of the cultivar Quartz Burgundy are more mounded and have larger flowers than plants of the new Verbena.
Plants of the new
Verbena
can also be compared to plants of the cultivar Obsession Burgundy Eye, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Lompoc, Calif., plants of the new
Verbena
differed primarily from plants of the cultivar Obession Burgundy Eye in plant form as plants of the cultivar Obsession Burgundy Eye are more mounded than plants of the new
Verbena.


REFERENCES:
UPOV ROM GTITM Computer Database, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software 2004/01 Citation for ‘Bodcomburg Eye’.

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