Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Chrysanthemum
Plant Patent
2001-04-25
2002-08-06
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Chrysanthemum
Plant Patent
active
PP012837
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Leucanthemum plant, botanically known as
Leucanthemum maximum
and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Sunny Side Up’.
The new Leucanthemum is a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of an unidentified selection of
Leucanthemum maximum,
not patented. The new Leucanthemum was discovered by the Inventor in a controlled environment in Warmond, The Netherlands, within a population of plants of the unidentified selection of
Leucanthemum maximum
in 1998. The selection of this new Leucanthemum was based on its inflorescence form and large disc. Compared to plants of the parent selection, plants of the new Leucanthemum have many more ray and disc florets per inflorescence.
Asexual reproduction of the new Leucanthemum by vegetative tip cuttings was first conducted in Warmond, The Netherlands in 1997. Asexual reproducton by cuttings has shown that the unique features of this new Leucanthemum are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Sunny Side Up has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength, and/or light level, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The followng traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Sunny Side Up’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Sunny Side Up’ as a new and distinct Leucanthemum:
1. Upright plant habit.
2. Large daisy-type inflorescences that are about 7.5 cm in diameter.
3. White-colored ray florets and yellow-colored disc florets.
Campell Bruce R.
McCormick Susan B.
Whealy C. A.
Witteman & Co. ‘Multiflora’ B.V.
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