Patent Grant
PP35715
Genus and species: Coleus scutellarioides.
Cultivar denomination: ‘UF22-191-7’.
The invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Coleus plant named ‘UF22-191-7’. The new cultivar ‘UF22-191-7’ originated from an open pollination conducted in May-November 2021 in Citra, Florida, between the female Coleus plant ‘UF21-128-2’ (unpatented) and an unknown male Coleus plant. A single seedling was chosen in May 2022 for further asexual propagation in Gainesville, Florida.
The new cultivar ‘UF22-191-7’ has been reproduced asexually for over 11 months through vegetative meristem tip cuttings and has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive asexual propagations. ‘UF22-191-7’ was first propagated asexually by vegetative meristem tip cuttings in May 2022 in Gainesville, Florida, and has remained true-to-type since that time.
Plant Breeder's Rights for the new cultivar ‘UF22-191-7’ have not been applied for, and ‘UF22-191-7’ has not been made publicly available more than one year prior to the filing date of this application.
The new cultivar ‘UF22-191-7’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype of the new cultivar may vary with variations in environment and cultural practices such as temperature, light intensity, fertilization, irrigation, and application of plant growth regulators without any change in genotype.
The new cultivar ‘UF22-191-7’ was selected for its consistent foliage color patterning, and also for its fast growth rate and vigor in the greenhouse and landscape. ‘UF22-191-7’ has foliage that is predominantly yellowish green, but it has a consistent mixture of purplish red in the leaf center, surrounded by light greenish yellow accents and greyish purple veins extending out to the leaf margins. Normally this color combination changes in either full sun (predominantly dark brick red and dark green) or full shade (predominantly brownish red and light green), with the consistent loss of the distinctive purplish red center and greenish yellow accents. However, ‘UF22-191-7’ maintains all four foliage colors in both sun and shade.
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of ‘UF22-191-7’ when grown under normal horticultural practices in Gainesville, Florida: (1) ‘UF22-191-7’ has the combination of a vigorous growth rate, a drooping habit, a spreading growth form, excellent heat tolerance, and consistent multi-colored leaves that are significantly different than other Coleus plants; (2) it has superior stability in foliage color in both sun and shade conditions and has excellent lateral branching, making it suitable for propagators and producers; and (3) ‘UF22-191-7’ has been observed to have long-season performance in landscape trials in Gainesville, Florida.
When compared to the female parent ‘UF21-128-2’, ‘UF22-191-7’ has large, lance-shaped leaves that are twice as long as they are wide and are predominantly colored yellowish green with secondary colors of greyish purple, purplish red, and greenish yellow. In contrast, ‘UF21-128-2’ has smaller leaves that are equally as long as they are wide and are primarily colored magenta with a secondary color of maroon with lime green margins. ‘UF22-191-7’ has a vigorous growth rate with a drooping habit and a well-branched spreading form, growing over twice as wide as it grows tall, whereas ‘UF21-128-2’ is less vigorous, has a more upright habit, and grows equally as wide as it grows tall.
This new Coleus cultivar ‘UF22-191-7’ is illustrated by the accompanying photographs, which show the plant's form and foliage. The colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures.
Foliage color was determined under full sun conditions in the middle of the day in a glass-covered greenhouse. Color references are to the RHS Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (RHS), 2007 5th Edition. Coleus leaves are rarely one solid color but encompass hues, shades and tints, and color patterns differ from one genotype to another due to varying levels of variegation. The following detailed description of ‘UF22-191-7’ was obtained using eleven-week-old plants grown from unrooted cuttings in September-December 2022 in a glass-covered greenhouse in Gainesville, Florida. The plants were propagated in mist for ten days after cuttings were stuck, pinched, then grown in one-gallon pots for approximately nine and a half additional weeks.
When compared to the Coleus cultivar ‘UF17-109-9’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 34,005, commercial name Spitfire), the new Coleus cultivar ‘UF22-191-7’ has a center leaf coloration of purplish red with areas of yellowish green flanking the center coloration on the upper surface of mature leaves, whereas ‘UF17-109-9’ has a similar center coloration of reddish purple but lacks areas of yellowish green flanking the center coloration on the upper surface of mature leaves.
| Number | Name | Date | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PP34005 | Clark | Mar 2022 | P2 |
