Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Verbena
Plant Patent
2003-10-13
2004-10-12
Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Verbena
Plant Patent
active
PP015221
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Verbena hybrida
cultivar Bodcomblu.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Verbena
plant, botanically known as
Verbena hybrida,
and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Bodcomblu’.
The new
Verbena
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Lompoc, Calif. The objective of the breeding program is to develop new
Verbena
cultivars with a dense and bushy growth habit, numerous flowers; and interesting flower and foliage colors.
The new
Verbena
originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in April, 1989 of a proprietary
Verbena hybrida
selection identified as 9V161, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary
Verbena hybrida
selection identified as 9V174, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Bodcomblu was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny from this cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Lompoc, Calif.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings in a controlled environment in Lompoc, Calif. has shown that the unique features of this new
Verbena
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Bodcomblu’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Bodcomblu’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Compact, upright and mounded plant habit.
2. Freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit.
3. Dark green-colored leaves.
4. Dark violet-colored flowers with flowers held above and beyond the foliage.
Plants of the new
Verbena
differ primarily from plants of the parent selections in plant habit and flower coloration.
Plants of the new
Verbena
differ primarily from plants of the cultivar Bodcomburgeye, disclosed in a U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/684,567, in flower coloration.
Plants of the new
Verbena
can be compared to plants of the cultivars Obsession Blue Eye, not patented, and Novalis Deep Blue Eye, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Lompoc, Calif., plants of the new
Verbena
differed primarily from plants of the cultivars Obsession Blue Eye and Novalis Deep Blue Eye in plant and flower form as plants of the cultivars Obsession Blue Eye and Novalis Deep Blue Eye are more upright, less dense, and have more narrow flower petals than plants of the new
Verbena.
REFERENCES:
UPOV-rom hit on‘Bodcomblu’, Feb. 12, 2002, Plant Variety Database.
Grunberg Anne Marie
John Bodger + Sons Co.
Whealy C. A.
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