Patent Grant
PP33228
Latin name of the genus and species: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana.
Variety denomination: ‘SMNCLMG’.
The new Hydrangea cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the inventor, at a commercial nursery in Grand Haven, Mich. The objective of the breeding program was to produce new Chamaecyparis varieties with new low maintenance growth, good foliage texture and interesting foliage colors. The open-pollination resulting in this new variety was made during July of 2006. Parent varieties cannot be identified. ‘SMNCLMG’ was selected during 2010 at the same commercial nursery in Grand Haven, Mich.
After identifying the new variety as a potentially interesting selection, first propagation of ‘SMNCLMG’ occurred by softwood cuttings at a commercial nursery in Grand Haven, Mich. in 2010. The inventor continued controlled testing and propagation, assessing stability of the unique characteristics of this variety. Five generations have been reproduced and have shown that the unique features of this cultivar are stable and reproduced true to type.
The cultivar ‘SMNCLMG’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, day length, 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 ‘SMNCLMG’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘SMNCLMG’ as a new and distinct Chamaecyparis cultivar:
‘SMNCLMG’ can be compared to the commercial variety Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Minima Aurea’, unpatented. The varieties are similar in most horticultural characteristics, however, plants of ‘SMNCLMG’ differ in the following ways:
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The photographs were taken using conventional techniques and although colors may appear different from actual colors due to light reflectance it is as accurate as possible by conventional photographic techniques.
In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart 2015 except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. The following observations and measurements describe ‘SMNCLMG’ plants grown in a poly greenhouse during Summer, in Grand Haven, Mich. USA. The growing temperature ranged from 18° C. to 27° C. during the day and from 5° C. to 10° C. during the night. General light conditions are natural sunlight. Measurements and numerical values represent averages of typical plant types. Measurements were taken during August of 2020.
