U.S. patent number PP28,261 [Application Number 14/999,402] was granted by the patent office on 2017-08-08 for campanula plant named `bkpcmpky`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Beekenkamp Plants B.V.. The grantee listed for this patent is Annie Cornelia Beekenkamp. Invention is credited to Annie Cornelia Beekenkamp.
United States Patent |
PP28,261 |
Beekenkamp |
August 8, 2017 |
Campanula plant named `BKPCMPKY`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Campanula plant named `BKPCMPKY`
characterized by its compact, upright to outwardly spreading plant
habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit;
campanulate-shaped flowers with bright purple violet to
violet-colored petals; and good garden performance.
Inventors: |
Beekenkamp; Annie Cornelia
(Maasdijk, NL) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Beekenkamp; Annie Cornelia |
Maasdijk |
N/A |
NL |
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Assignee: |
Beekenkamp Plants B.V.
(Maasdijk, NL)
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Family
ID: |
59410639 |
Appl.
No.: |
14/999,402 |
Filed: |
May 3, 2016 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/414 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/414 |
Primary Examiner: Bell; Kent L
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Campanula plant named `BKPCMPKY` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Campanula portenschlagiana.
Cultivar denomination: `BKPCMPKY`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Campanula plant, botanically known as Campanula portenschlagiana,
commonly known as Dalmatian Bellflower and hereinafter referred to
by the name `BKPCMPKY`.
The new Campanula is a product of a planned breeding program
conducted by the Inventor in Maasdijk, The Netherlands. The
objective of the breeding program is to create new freely flowering
Campanula plants with attractive flowers and good interior and
garden performance.
The new Campanula plant originated from a cross-pollination
conducted by the Inventor in Maasdijk, The Netherlands in April,
2012 of a proprietary selection of Campanula portenschlagiana
identified as code number 4400320, not patented, as the female, or
seed, parent with a proprietary selection of Campanula
portenschlagiana identified as code number 4400319, not patented,
as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Campanula plant was
discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant
from within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination grown in a
controlled outdoor nursery in Maasdijk, The Netherlands in May,
2013.
Asexual reproduction of the new Campanula plant by terminal
cuttings in Maasdijk, The Netherlands, since February, 2014 has
shown that the unique features of this new Campanula plant are
stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the new Campanula have not been observed under all
possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural
practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in
environmental conditions 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 `BKPCMPKY`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `BKPCMPKY` as a new and
distinct Campanula plant: 1. Compact, upright to outwardly
spreading plant habit. 2. Freely branching habit. 3. Early and
freely flowering habit. 4. Campanulate-shaped flowers with bright
purple violet to violet-colored petals. 5. Good garden
performance.
Plants of the new Campanula differ from plants of the female parent
selection in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new
Campanula are more upright than plants of the female parent
selection. 2. Plants of the new Campanula flower earlier than
plants of the female parent selection. 3. Plants of the new
Campanula are more freely flowering than plants of the female
parent selection.
Plants of the new Campanula differ from plants of the male parent
selection in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new
Campanula are more upright than plants of the male parent
selection. 2. Plants of the new Campanula flower earlier than
plants of the male parent selection. 3. Plants of the new Campanula
and the male parent selection differ in flower color as plants of
the male parent selection have dark blue-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Campanula can be compared to plants of Campanula
portenschlagiana `Get Mee`, not patented. In side-by-side
comparisons, plants of the new Campanula differ primarily from
plants of `Get Mee` in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of
the new Campanula are more upright than plants of `Get Mee`. 2.
Plants of the new Campanula are more freely flowering than plants
of `Get Mee`. 3. Plants of the new Campanula flower earlier than
plants of `Get Mee`.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall
appearance of the new Campanula plant 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 colors of the new Campanula plant.
The photograph on the first sheet is a side perspective view of a
typical flowering plant of `BKPCMPKY` grown in a container.
The photograph on the second sheet is a close-up view of a typical
flowering plant of `BKPCMPKY`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
Plants used for the aforementioned photographs and following
description were grown during the winter in 12-cm containers in a
glass-covered greenhouse in Maasdijk, The Netherlands and under
cultural practices typical of commercial production conditions.
During the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from
15.degree. C. to 19.degree. C. and night temperatures ranged from
14.degree. C. to 16.degree. C. Plants were 15 weeks old when the
photographs and description were taken. In the following
description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural
Society Colour Chart, 2015 Edition, except where general terms of
ordinary dictionary significance are used. Botanical
classification: Campanula portenschlagiana `BKPCMPKY`. Parentage:
Female, or seed, parent.--Proprietary selection of Campanula
portenschlagiana identified as code number 4400320, not patented.
Male, or pollen, parent.--Proprietary selection of Campanula
portenschlagiana identified as code number 4400319, not patented.
Propagation: Type.--By terminal cuttings. Time to initiate roots,
summer.--About 21 days at temperatures about 19.degree. C. to
21.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.--About
26 days at temperatures about 19.degree. C. to 21.degree. C. Root
description.--Medium in thickness, fibrous; typically white in
color, actual color of the roots is dependent on substrate
composition, water quality, fertilizer type and formulation,
substrate temperature and physiological age of roots. Rooting
habit.--Moderately freely branching; medium density. Plant
description: Plant and growth habit.--Herbaceous perennial;
compact, upright to outwardly spreading plant habit; flattened
globular in shape; moderately vigorous growth habit; moderate
growth rate. Plant height, soil level to top of foliar
plane.--About 12.8 cm. Plant height, soil level to top of floral
plane.--About 16.5 cm. Plant width.--About 29.3 cm. Lateral branch
description.--Branching habit: Freely branching habit with about 35
primary branches each with two secondary branches developing per
plant. Aspect: Upright to prostrate, ranging from about 0.degree.
to 90.degree. from vertical. Length: About 8.7 cm. Diameter: About
2 mm. Internode length: About 1.3 cm. Strength: Moderately strong.
Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; glossy. Color, developing:
Close to 144A. Color, developed: Close to 143B to 143C. Leaf
description: Arrangement.--Alternate, simple. Length.--About 2.2
cm. Width.--About 3 cm. Shape.--Reniform. Apex.--Broadly acute.
Base.--Reniform to broadly attenuate. Margin.--Coarsely and
irregularly dentate. Texture and luster, upper surface.--Smooth,
glabrous; slightly glossy. Texture and luster, lower
surface.--Smooth, glabrous; matte. Venation pattern.--Pinnate.
Color.--Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to between 139A and
147A. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 137B. Fully
developed leaves, upper surface: Close to between 139A and 147A;
venation, close to 143A to 143B. Fully developed leaves, lower
surface: Close to NN137D; venation, close to 144A.
Petioles.--Length: About 4.3 cm. Diameter: About 1 mm. Texture and
luster, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; glossy. Color,
upper surface: Close to between 143C and 144C. Color, lower
surface: Close to 144B to 144C. Flower description: Flower
arrangement and shape.--Single campanulate flowers arranged in
axillary and terminal cymes; flowers face upright to slightly
outwardly; freely flowering habit with about six flowers developing
per inflorescence and about 1,000 flowers developing per plant
during the flowering season. Natural flowering season.--Early
flowering habit; plants begin flowering about 105 days after
planting; in the garden, flowering continuous from spring into the
autumn in The Netherlands. Flower longevity on the plant.--About
four weeks; flowers persistent. Fragrance.--None detected.
Inflorescence height.--About 11.1 cm. Inflorescence
diameter.--About 7.1 cm. Flower buds.--Length: About 1.2 cm.
Diameter: About 7 mm. Shape: Oblong. Texture and luster: Smooth,
glabrous; glossy. Color: Close to 83C; ribs, close to N82C to N82D.
Flower diameter.--About 2.2 cm. Flower length (height).--About 1.5
cm. Flower tube diameter, distally.--About 1 cm. Flower tube
length.--About 8 mm. Petals.--Quantity and arrangement: Five in a
single whorl; lower 55% of petal length fused. Length: About 1.7
cm. Width, at the base of the free part of the petal: About 6 mm.
Shape: Oblanceolate. Apex: Acute. Margin: Entire. Texture and
luster, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous; slightly velvety; matte.
Texture and luster, lower surface: Smooth, glabrous; slightly
velvety; slightly glossy. Color: When opening, upper surface: Close
to N87B. When opening, lower surface: Close to N87D. Fully opened,
upper surface: Close to between N82A and N87A; color does not fade
with development. Fully opened, lower surface: Close to N87B; color
does not fade with development. Flower tube: Slightly lighter than
86D. Sepals.--Quantity and arrangement: Five in a single
campanulate whorl. Length: About 4 mm. Width: About 1 mm. Shape:
Narrowly oblong to lanceolate. Apex: Acute. Base: Broadly cuneate.
Margin: Entire. Texture and luster, upper surface: Smooth,
glabrous; matte. Texture and luster, lower surface: Smooth,
glabrous; slightly glossy. Color: When developing, upper surface:
Close to 137D. When developing, lower surface: Close to 138B. Fully
developed, upper surface: Close to 137D. Fully developed, lower
surface: Close to 138A. Peduncles.--Length: About 8.7 cm. Diameter:
About 1.5 mm. Aspect: Terminal inflorescences, upright; axillary
inflorescences, about 40.degree. from stem axis. Strength:
Moderately strong. Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; glossy.
Color: Close to 143C. Pedicels.--Length: About 1.5 cm. Diameter:
About 8 mm. Aspect: Terminal flowers, upright; axillary flowers,
about 40.degree. from peduncle axis. Strength: Moderately strong.
Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; glossy. Color: Close to 143C.
Reproductive organs.--Stamens: Quantity per flower: Five. Filament
length: About 1 mm. Filament color: Close to NN155D. Anther length:
About 4 mm. Anther shape: Narrowly oblong. Anther color: Close to
8C. Pollen amount: Scarce to moderate. Pollen color: Close to 4D.
Pistils: Quantity per flower: One. Pistil length: About 8 mm.
Stigma diameter: About 3 mm. Stigma shape: Decurrent; three-parted.
Stigma color: Close to 85C. Style length: About 6.5 mm. Style
color: Close to 85B. Ovary color: Close to 144A. Seeds and
fruits.--Seed and fruit production have not been observed on plants
of the new Campanula. Disease & pest resistance: Plants of the
new Campanula have not been observed to be resistant to pathogens
and pests common to Campanula plants. Garden performance: Plants of
the new Campanula have exhibited good tolerance to rain, wind and
temperatures ranging from about -35.degree. C. to about 35.degree.
C. and to be suitable for USDA Hardiness Zones 3 to 9.
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