Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-04-12
2001-05-01
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011853
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT
The new plant of this invention is the result of a unique hybridization with the breeding achievement being evidenced in the outstanding combination of characteristics exhibited by this new and distinct hibiscus plant, which include:
(a) Refined and uniquely compact, green, 3-lobed leaves with a rounded and shortened lobe “maple-cut” which has relatively smooth margins and a numerous distribution throughout the plant that compliments landscape plantings;
(b) Exceptional lavender buds that open into medium-sized flowers that are outstanding for their lavender, thick textured petals with ruffling at the overlapping petal edges;
(c) The plant being floriferous with flowers that stay open at least one full day;
(d) The plant being small to medium sized, but vigorous, with extremely compact and uniform breaking action which gives it unique landscape utility; and,
(e) The plant being so hardy that it can consistently withstand winter temperatures of at least −30 degrees Fahrenheit.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
‘Fantasia’ was the result of a 40-year breeding program. It's ancestry includes various seedlings of
Hibiscus moscheutos
origin. More specifically, the seed parent of the instant plant is an un-named cultivar resulting from the cross of ‘Dark Loveliness’ (unpatented) (seed parent) and an unnamed
H. moscheutos
(pollen parent). The pollen parent of the instant plant is an unnamed
H. moscheutos.
This new plant first bloomed in the summer of 1985 and was selected by David Fleming and Gretchen Zwetzig on the property in Lincoln, Nebr. owned by David Fleming. Asexual propagation of the plant by cuttings and root division in Lincoln, Nebr., has shown that the unique and distinguishing features of the plant are faithfully transmitted from generation to generation and appear to be firmly fixed. Since its origin, the plant has bloomed from midsummer until frost, while exhibiting the above mentioned distinctive characteristics. This hardy hibiscus plant contributes to the market with its sheer beauty, its low-growing and very compact growth habit, its great resistance to disease and insects, its stability through extremes in rain and drought, and its extreme hardiness.
Fleming David W.
Zwetzig Gretchen A.
Baker Wendy A
Campell Bruce R.
Fleming's Flower Fields, Inc.
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