Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-12-31
2001-10-23
Locker, Howard J. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012161
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as
Dendranthema grandiflora
and referred to by the cultivar name Empire Silhouette.
The new cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in New Hartford, N.Y. The objective of the breeding program is to create new garden-type Chrysanthemum cultivars having inflorescences with desirable inflorescence forms, attractive floret colors and good garden performance.
The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the Inventor in
1996
, of the
Dendranthema grandiflora
cultivar Empire Eclipse, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,093, as the female, or seed, parent with the
Dendranthema grandiflora
cultivar Empire Cabernet, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,927.
The cultivar Empire Silhouette was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross in a controlled environment in New Hartford in September, 1997. The selection of this plant was based on its desirable inflorescence form and floret color and excellent garden performance.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings taken in a controlled environment in New Hartford since October, 1997, has shown that the unique features of this new Chrysanthemum are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Empire Silhouette has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Empire Silhouette’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Empire Silhouette’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Outwardly spreading and freely branching habit.
2. Decorative-type inflorescences that are about 4.5 to 5.5 cm in diameter.
3. Numerous attractive and unusual pink bi-colored inflorescences.
4. Compact cushion habit.
5. Numerous inflorescences per plant.
6. Early flowering response.
7. Excellent garden performance.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum are most similar to plants of the female parent, the cultivar Empire Eclipse. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have lighter pink and smaller inflorescences than plants of the cultivar Empire Eclipse. In addition, plants of the new Chrysanthemum flower about one week earlier under natural daylength conditions and about 1.5 weeks earlier under artificially-manipulated daylengths than plants of the cultivar Empire Eclipse.
Plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ from plants of the male parent, the cultivar Empire Cabernet, primarily in ray floret color.
Locker Howard J.
Whealy C. A.
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