Verbena plant named ‘Bodcompureye’

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2003-10-13

2004-07-27

Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Verbena

Plant Patent

active

PP015040

ABSTRACT:

Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Verbena hybrida
cultivar Bodcompureye.
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 ‘Bodcompureye’.
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 July, 1991 of the
Verbena hybrida
cultivar Amore Purple, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
Verbena hybrida
selection identified as 1V238, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Bodcompureye 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 ‘Bodcompureye’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Bodcompureye’ 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. Dark violet 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 Bodcompur, disclosed in a U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/684,562 filed concurrently, in flower coloration.
Plants of the new Verbena can be compared to plants of the cultivar Obsession Purple, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Lompoc, Calif., plants of the new Verbena differed primarily from plants of the cultivar Obsession Purple in plant and flower form as plants of the cultivar Obsession Purple are more mounded and have narrower flower petals than plants of the new Verbena.
Plants of the new Verbena can also be compared to plants of the cultivar Sandy White, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Lompoc, Calif., plants of the new Verbena differed primarily from plants of the cultivar Sandy White in plant form as plants of the cultivar Sandy White are taller and more upright than plants of the new Verbena.


REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTITM, Plant Variety Database, 2003/06, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, Citation for Verbena ‘Bodcompureye’.

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