Plants – Shrub or vine
Plant Patent
2001-12-05
2003-02-18
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Shrub or vine
Plant Patent
active
PP013567
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION/CULTIVAR DESIGNATION
Weigela florida
cultivar Kolsunn.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Weigela plant, botanically known as
Weigela florida
, and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Kolsunn’.
The new cultivar is a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of the
Weigela florida
‘Variegata’, not patented. The new Weigela was discovered by the Inventor in 1996 in a controlled environment in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, within a population of plants of ‘Variegata’. The cultivar Kolsunn was discovered and selected by the Inventor on the basis of its green and white variegated leaves.
Asexual reproduction of the new Weigela by terminal cuttings taken at Boskoop, The Netherlands, has shown that the unique features of this new Weigela 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 ‘Kolsunn’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Kolsunn’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright and outwardly spreading plant habit.
2. Dark reddish brown young stem coloration.
3. Green and white variegated leaves.
Plants of the new Weigela are most similar to plants of the parent, the Weigela ‘Variegata’. However, plants of the new Weigela differ from plants of ‘Variegata’ in leaf coloration as leaves of plants of ‘Variegata’ are green and yellow in color.
REFERENCES:
UPOV-ROM GTITM Computer Database, 2002/03, GTI Jouve Retrieval Software, citation for ‘Kolsunn’.
Gebr. Kolster B.V.
McCormick Susan B.
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