Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1999-10-28
2001-10-30
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP012171
ABSTRACT:
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety, of petite size, of
Nerium oleander
which was originated by me as a seedling by selection and crossing. I crossed a
Nerium oleander
‘Petite Salmon’ (non-patented) with a
Nerium oleander
‘Turner's Shari D’. The ‘Petite Salmon’ is a petite size plant which produces single flowers which are bright salmon pink in color. The ‘Petite Salmon’ is a common and commercially available variety which was originated at the Los Angeles Arboretum in 1973. ‘Turner's Shari D’ is the subject of U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,378 issued Dec. 25, 1984, to Ted L. Turner, Sr., and this plant is an intermediate to full size plant with flowers which are soft buff yellow with tinges of pink. However, in making my crosses, I observed that pollination could have been accomplished by bees from unknown plants. Thus unknown parentage could have been introduced by the bees even though I did not purposely introduce any parentage other than the ‘Shari D’ and the ‘Petite Salmon’.
From the group of seedlings I observed a plant, being the plant claimed herein, having a new and distinct color of flowers, and from cuttings of such plant I was able to asexually reproduce plants having the same characteristics and flower color as the original seedling. The plant observed for this patent application had been grown in a greenhouse, was in a five gallon container, and was about four years old. All of the descendant plants showed the same characteristics as the original seedling, and as a result of extensive observations and tests which are not described in full herein for sake of brevity, it is my opinion and I am convinced that my new plant is a new variety of
Nerium oleander
which is distinguished from all other varieties of which I am aware as evidenced by the following unique combination of principal characteristics which are outstanding therein:
(1) An upright habit of growth and of petite size making it especially suitable for hedges and as a pot plant, or to add garden color;
(2) An ability to be asexually reproduced;
(3) An ability to flower substantially throughout the year with long continuous blooming periods;
(4) The ability to bloom in partial shade, such as morning sun only;
(5) The ability to be a good greenhouse bloomer and bloom year around in a greenhouse;
(6) The ability to initially grow and flower in relatively small pots as small as about eight centimeters in diameter although, the plant should be placed in a larger pot of at least 30 centimeters to obtain larger growth;
(7) The ability to produce a flower having a white color with areas of yellow in the corona;
(8) The ability to produce a plant having flowers arranged in tight cymes or clusters resembling pompons; and
(9) The ability to grow in windy conditions.
Asexual reproductions of my new variety as by cuttings shown that the foregoing characteristics and distinctions come true to form and are established and transmitted through succeeding propagations. The ongoing planned breeding program which resulted in the plant described herein and the initial asexual reproduction of this plant have taken place in a nursery in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex.
REFERENCES:
patent: P.P. 5378 (1984-12-01), Turner, Sr.
Campell Bruce R.
Hwu June
Rice Stewart N.
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