Plants – Rose – Floribunda or polyantha
Plant Patent
2001-02-02
2002-11-26
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Floribunda or polyantha
Plant Patent
active
PP013272
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL CLASSIFICATION
Rosa hybrida
‘POULac001’.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of floribunda rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between ‘POULfiry’ described and illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,484, dated Mar. 26, 2002 and ‘POULsint’ an unpatented variety. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 1996 and the resulting seeds were planted in a controlled environment in Fredensborg, Denmark. The new variety is named ‘POULac001’.
The new rose may be distinguished from its seed parent, ‘POULfiry’, by the following combination of characteristics:
1. ‘POULac001’ has pink flowers, while ‘POULfiry’ has bright orange flowers.
2. ‘POULac
001’, as a compact floribunda is taller in habit when compared to the miniature rose ‘POULfiry’.
3. ‘POULfiry’ exhibits more anthocyanin in the foliage when compared to ‘POULac001’.
The new variety may be distinguished from its pollen parent, ‘POULsint’ by the following combination of characteristics:
1. ‘POULac001’ exhibits light pink flowers, whereas the pollen parent exhibits orange-red flowers.
2. ‘POULac001’ has a larger flower diameter than that of ‘POULsint’.
3. ‘POULac001’ has glossy foliage, whereas ‘POULsint’ displays matte foliage.
The objective of the hybridization of this rose variety was to create a new and distinct variety for garden use with unique qualities, such as:
1. Uniform and abundant pink flowers;
2. Vigorous, but compact growth when propagated both as a budded rose and on its own roots;
3. Disease resistance.
4. Suitability for production in pots.
This combination of qualities is not present in previously available commercial cultivars of this type and distinguish ‘POULac001’ from all other varieties of which we are aware.
As part of their rose development program, L. Pernille Olesen and Mogens N. Olesen germinated the seeds from the aforementioned hybridization during winter 1996 and conducted evaluations on the resulting seedlings in a controlled environment in Fredensborg, Denmark.
‘POULac001’ was selected in the spring 1997 by the inventors as a single plant from the progeny of the aforementioned hybridization. Asexual reproduction of ‘POULac001’ by traditional budding and rooted cuttings was first done by L. Pernille and Mogens N. Olesen in their nursery in Fredensborg, Denmark in July 1997. This initial and other subsequent asexual propagations conducted in controlled environments have demonstrated that the characteristics of ‘POULac001’ are true to type and are transmitted from one generation to the next.
Olesen L. Pernille
Olesen Mogens N.
Campell Bruce R.
Hwu June
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