Patent Application
20120246779
Verbena×hybrida
‘KLEVP10407’
The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of Verbena, botanically known as Verbena×hybrida, and hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘KLEVP10407’. The new variety is the result of a cross conducted in July 2007 in Cobbity, New South Wales, Australia between the proprietary female Verbena parent, ‘06.00.72’, and the proprietary male Verbena parent, ‘06.17.93’. A single plant selection was subsequently chosen for further evaluation and asexual propagation.
The new variety was first propagated in January 2008 in Cobbity, New South Wales, Australia and has been asexually reproduced repeatedly by vegetative cuttings over three to four generations. ‘KLEVP10407’ has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive asexual propagations.
Plant Breeder's Rights for this variety were applied for in Canada on Mar. 30, 2010. ‘KLEVP10407’ has not been made publicly available more than one year prior to filing of this application.
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new variety when grown under normal horticultural practices in a greenhouse in Stuttgart, Germany.
1. Large flowers;
2. Good center branching; and
3. Good mildew resistance.
This new Verbena plant is illustrated by the accompanying photograph which shows inflorescences and foliage of the plant. The colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures. The photograph was taken in Spring 2010 of a plant about 3 months old grown from a rooted cutting in a glass greenhouse in Stuttgart, Germany under normal horticultural practices.
The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive characteristics of ‘KLEVP10407’. The data which define these characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out in Stuttgart, Germany. The plant history was taken in Spring 2010 on 3-month old plants grown in 12 centimeter pots in a glass greenhouse with a minimum pinch date of 10 weeks. The color readings were determined under natural light. Color references are to the RHS Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (RHS), Fifth Edition (2007).
‘KLEVP10407’ differs from the female parent, the proprietary Verbena ‘06.00.72’, in that ‘KLEVP10407’ has a compact growth habit, while ‘06.00.72’ has a strong growth habit.
‘KLEVP10407’ differs from the male parent, the proprietary Verbena ‘06.17.93’, in that ‘KLEVP10407’ has a compact growth habit, while ‘06.17.93’ has a strong growth habit.
‘KLEVP10407’ differs from the commercial comparison variety, Verbena Plant Named ‘Britena’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,751), in that ‘KLEVP10407’ has red flowers (RHS 55B) and elliptic-shaped leaves, while ‘Britena’ has red-purple flowers (RHS N66A) and broadly ovate-shaped leaves. Additionally, ‘KLEVP10407’ is resistant to powdery mildew, while ‘Britena’ has no observed resistance to diseases common to Verbena.
