U.S. patent number PP15,030 [Application Number 10/716,055] was granted by the patent office on 2004-07-20 for salvia plant named `sunsaruki`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Suntory Flowers, Lmtd.. Invention is credited to Takuro Ishihara, Yasunori Yomo.
United States Patent |
PP15,030 |
Yomo , et al. |
July 20, 2004 |
Salvia plant named `Sunsaruki`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named `Sunsaruki`,
characterized by its upright and relatively compact plant habit;
freely basal branching habit; dense and bushy plant form; freely
flowering habit; pale yellow-colored flowers; and tolerance to high
and low temperatures.
Inventors: |
Yomo; Yasunori (Kawasaki,
JP), Ishihara; Takuro (Youkaichi, JP) |
Assignee: |
Suntory Flowers, Lmtd. (Tokyo,
JP)
|
Family
ID: |
32682857 |
Appl.
No.: |
10/716,055 |
Filed: |
November 18, 2003 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/226 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/12 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H 005/00 () |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/226 |
Primary Examiner: Bell; Kent
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named `Sunsaruki`,
as illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical classification/cultivar designation: Salvia jamensis
cultivar Sunsaruki.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Salvia plant, botanically known as Salvia jamensis, and hereinafter
referred to by the name `Sunsaruki`.
The new Salvia is a product of a planned breeding program conducted
by the Inventors in Yokaichi-shi, Shiga, Japan. The objective of
the breeding program was to create new compact Salvia cultivars
with bushy growth habit and numerous flowers with attractive
coloration.
The new Salvia originated from a cross-pollination made by the
Inventors in April, 1998 of a proprietary Salvia selection
identified as code number 97S34-2, not patented, as the female, or
seed, parent with the Salvia jamensis cultivar La Luna, not
patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Salvia was
discovered and selected by the Inventors as a single flowering
plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination grown in a
controlled environment in Yokaichi-shi, Shiga, Japan.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by cuttings and divisions
taken at Yokaichi-shi, Shiga, Japan, since September, 2000, has
shown that the unique features of this new Salvia are stable and
reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Sunsaruki have not been observed under all
possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat
with variations in environment such as temperature 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 `Sunsaruki`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Sunsaruki` as a new and
distinct Salvia cultivar: 1. Upright and relatively compact plant
habit. 2. Freely basal branching, dense and bushy plant form. 3.
Freely flowering habit. 4. Pale yellow-colored flowers. 5. Tolerant
to high and low temperatures.
Plants of the new Salvia differ from plants of the parents
primarily in flower color as plants of the female parent selection
have red purple-colored flowers and plants of the male parent, the
cultivar La Luna, have yellow green-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Salvia differ from plants of the Salvia cultivars
Sunsarupin, U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/716,049, and
Sunsaruoro, U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 10/716,056
primarily in flower color.
Plants of the new Salvia can be compared to plants of the Salvia
cultivar Orchestra Red, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons
conducted in Yokaichi-shi, Shiga, Japan, plants of the new Salvia
differed from plants of the cultivar Orchestra Red in the following
characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Salvia were more compact than
plants of the cultivar Orchestra Red. 2. Plants of the new Salvia
had shorter internodes and were bushier than plants of the cultivar
Orchestra Red. 3. Plants of the new Salvia had shorter leaves than
plants of the cultivar Orchestra Red. 4. Plants of the new Salvia
had larger flowers than plants of the cultivar Orchestra Red. 5.
Plants of the new Salvia had more flowers per lateral stem than
plants of the cultivar Orchestra Red. 6. Plants of the new Salvia
and the cultivar Orchestra Red differed in flower color as plants
of the cultivar Orchestra Red had red-colored flowers. 7. Plants of
the new Salvia were tolerant to lower temperatures than plants of
the cultivar Orchesta Red.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall
appearance of the new cultivar, showing the colors as true as it is
reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this
type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color
values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately
describe the actual colors of the new Salvia.
The photograph at the top of the sheet comprises a side perspective
view of a typical flowering plant of `Sunsaruki` grown in a
container.
The photograph at the bottom of the sheet comprises a close-up view
of typical flowers of `Sunsaruki`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
Plants shown in the aforementioned photographs and used in the
following description were grown under conditions which closely
approximate commercial production conditions from April to October,
2002 in a polyethylene-covered greenhouse in Yokaichi-shi, Shiga,
Japan. During the production of the plants, day temperatures were
about 25.degree. C. and night temperatures were about 20.degree. C.
Plants in the photographs and used for the description were about
six months old when the photographs and description were taken.
In the following description, color references are made to The
Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2001 Edition, except
where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.
Botanical classification: Salvia jamensis cultivar Sunsaruki.
Parentage: Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of
Salvia jamensis identified as code number 97S34-2, not patented.
Male, or pollen, parent.--Salvia jamensis cultivar La Luna, not
patented. Propagation: Type.--By cuttings. Time to initiate
roots.--Summer: About 7 days at 25.degree. C. Winter: About 10 days
at 20.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young plant.--Summer:
About 30 days at 20 to 30.degree. C. Winter: About 40 days at 15 to
20.degree. C. Root description.--Fine, fibrous, freely branching
and light brown in color. Plant description: Form.--Perennial.
Mostly upright and relatively compact plant habit; narrow inverted
triangle. Freely basal branching with about 20 flowering stems per
plant; dense and bushy plant habit; vigorous growth habit. Flowers
arranged in verticillasters on spikes. Plant height.--About 55 cm.
Plant width.--About 57 cm. Flowering stem description
(peduncles).--Length: About 47 cm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Internode
length: About 4.5 cm. Strength: Strong. Texture: Smooth, glabrous.
Color: 144A. Foliage description.--Arrangement: Opposite, simple.
Length: About 2.9 cm. Width: About 1.6 mm. Shape: Ovate. Apex:
Acute. Base: Obtuse. Margin: Serrate to crenate. Texture, upper and
lower surfaces: Rough; waxy; glabrous. Venation pattern: Pinnate.
Color: Developing and fully expanded foliage, upper surface: 138A.
Developing and fully expanded foliage, lower surface: 138B.
Petiole: Length: About 1.3 cm. Diameter: About 0.7 mm. Texture,
upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color: 138A. Flower
description: Flower arrangement and shape.--Single bilabiate
flowers in verticillasters on spikes; flowers face upright and
outwardly. Freely flowering, about 12 flowers and flower buds per
spike. Natural flowering season.--Continuous from spring to late
autumn in Japan. Flower longevity on the plant.--Individual flowers
last about two to five days on the plant. Flowers not persistent.
Fragrance.--Faintly fragrant; sweet. Flower buds.--Length: About
1.5 mm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Shape: Oblong. Color: 12A.
Inflorescence size.--Length: About 20 cm. Diameter: About 4.5 cm.
Flowers.--Diameter: About 1.9 cm. Depth (height): About 3.2 cm.
Petals.--Arrangement: Bilabiate; one upper lip and one lower lip
with two lobes; lips fused at the base. Length: Upper petal: About
9 mm. Lower petal: About 1.1 cm. Width: Upper petal: About 3 mm.
Lower petal: About 1.3 cm. Shape: Upper petal: Broadly elliptic;
hooded. Lower petal: Roughly orbicular. Apex: Upper petal: Hooked.
Lower petal: Two-lobed. Margin, upper and lower petals: Entire.
Texture, upper and lower petals: Satiny, smooth. Color, upper and
lower petals: When opening and fully opened, upper surface: 8D.
When opening and fully opened, lower surface: 8D.
Sepals.--Arrangement: Two sepals fused into a tube. Length: About 3
mm. Width: About 2.7 mm. Shape: Triangular. Apex: Acute. Margin:
Entire. Color, upper and lower surfaces: 144B overlain with 143A.
Pedicels.--Strength: Moderately strong. Length: About 1.5 mm.
Diameter: About 0.3 mm. Aspect: About 40.degree. from vertical.
Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color: 147A. Reproductive
organs.--Stamens: Quantity per flower: Two. Anther shape: Ovate.
Anther length: About 8 mm. Anther color: 15C. Pollen amount:
Moderate. Pollen color: 15A. Pistils: Quantity per flower: One.
Pistil length: About 2.7 cm. Stigma shape: Two-parted. Stigma
color: 48D. Style length: About 2.5 cm. Style color: 155C. Ovary
color: 3C. Seed/fruit.--Seed and fruit production has not been
observed. Disease/pest resistance: Plants of the new Salvia have
not been noted to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to
Salvia. Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Salvia have been
observed to tolerate temperatures from -10 to 40.degree. C.
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