U.S. patent number PP34,434 [Application Number 17/300,867] was granted by the patent office on 2022-07-19 for monarda plant named `pardon my rose`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Walters Gardens, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Hans A Hansen. Invention is credited to Hans A Hansen.
United States Patent |
PP34,434 |
Hansen |
July 19, 2022 |
Monarda plant named `Pardon My Rose`
Abstract
The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental cultivar of bee balm
plant named Monarda didyma `Pardon My Rose` has short, compact,
basally branching stems, dark green foliage with strong resistance
to powdery mildew and numerous large flower heads of intense
rose-pink-colored flowers creating excellent flower coverage. The
new plant is attractive and useful in the garden landscape as a
specimen, en masse, or as a container plant.
Inventors: |
Hansen; Hans A (Zeeland,
MI) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Hansen; Hans A |
Zeeland |
MI |
US |
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Assignee: |
Walters Gardens, Inc. (Zeeland,
MI)
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Family
ID: |
82384907 |
Appl.
No.: |
17/300,867 |
Filed: |
November 29, 2021 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/455 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/50 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20180101); A01H 6/50 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/455 |
Primary Examiner: Grunberg; Anne Marie
Claims
I claim:
1. A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental bee balm plant named
Monarda `Pardon My Rose`, as herein described and illustrated.
Description
Botanical classification: Monarda didyma.
Variety denomination: `Pardon My Rose`.
STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES UNDER 37 CFR 1.77(b)(6)
The first non-enabling disclosure of the claimed plant was made on
Dec. 1, 2020 in the form of photograph and brief description on a
website operated by Walters Gardens, Inc., followed on May 21, 2021
by a photograph and brief description in the "Walters Gardens
2021-2022 Catalog." Walters Gardens, Inc obtained the plant and all
information relating thereto, from the inventor. The first sales of
the new plant were on May 3, 2021 by Walters Gardens, Inc. to
Bachman's Nursery, Inc. No plants of Monarda `Pardon My Rose` have
been sold, in this country or anywhere in the world, nor has any
disclosure of the new plant been made more than one year prior to
the filing date of this application, and such sale or disclosure
within one year was either derived directly or indirectly from the
inventor.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the new and distinct cultivar of
bee balm plant, botanically known as Monarda didyma `Pardon My
Rose`, and hereinafter also referred to solely as the cultivar
`Pardon My Rose` or the "new plant". The new plant was selected
from self-pollination on Jun. 17, 2015 from an unreleased,
proprietary hybrid known only by the hybridizer code 14-47-1 in a
designated hybridizing plot of a wholesale perennial nursery in
Zeeland, Mich., USA. The new plant was a single seedling selection
originally made in the summer of 2017 from the seeds that were sown
in the fall of 2015 and the plant was assigned the breeder code of
15-34-10. Further selection was completed in the trial fields of a
wholesale perennial nursery in Zeeland, Mich. in the summer of
2019.
The new plant has been asexually propagated by shoot tip cuttings
originally in 2018 at the same nursery in the greenhouses in
Zeeland, Mich., and the subsequent asexually propagated plants
found to be stable, true to type and identical to the original
selection.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PLANT
Monarda didyma `Pardon My Rose` is unique from its parents and all
other Bee Balm plants known to the inventors. The nearest
comparison varieties are: `Pardon My Cerise` U.S. Plant Pat. No.
29,234, `Berry Taffy` U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No.
17/300,434, `Cherry Pops` U.S. Plant Pat. No. 27,618, and `Fire
Marshall` U.S. Plant Pat. No. 23,286. `Pardon My Cerise` has a
similar habit with flowers that are a deep cherry-red. `Berry
Taffy` has a more compact shorter habit with flowers that are hot
raspberry-pink. `Cherry Pops` has a slightly taller habit with
flowers that are cherry-red. `Fire Marshall` has a taller habit
with flowers that are deeper red.
`Petite Delight` U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,784 is slightly shorter
than the new plant and the flowers are smaller and more
purplish-red. `AChall` U.S. Plant Pat. No. 19,582 is slightly
shorter than the new plant, has flowers that are much darker
purplish-red. Both `Petite Delight` and `AChall` showed some
sensitivity to powdery mildew.
The parent plant has a taller habit and the flower color is more
purplish color and less reddish.
The following are traits of Monarda didyma `Pardon My Rose` that in
combination distinguish it from all other bee balm known to the
inventor: 1. Short, winter-hardy, compact, vigorous, clumping
habit; 2. Dark-green leaves that are strongly resistant to powdery
mildew; 3. Large flower heads of intense, rose-pink-colored flowers
for a long period in summer with excellent flower coverage; 4.
Flowers are subtended by burgundy-colored bracts.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The photographs of the new plant demonstrate the unique traits of
`Pardon My Rose` and the overall appearance of the plant at
three-years old in the full sun trial garden of a wholesale
perennial nursery in Zeeland, Mich. The colors are as accurate as
reasonably possible with color reproductions. Variation in ambient
light spectrum, source and direction may cause the appearance of
minor variation in color.
FIG. 1 shows a close-up of the flowers.
FIG. 2 shows the new plant in flower in the landscape.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The following descriptions and color references are based on the
2015 edition of The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart except
where common dictionary terms are used. Monarda didyma `Pardon My
Rose` has not been observed under all possible environments. The
phenotype may vary slightly with different growing environments
such as temperature, light, fertility, soil pH, moisture and
maturity levels, but without any change in the genotype. The
following observations and size descriptions are based on
three-year old greenhouse-grown plants in gallon containers at a
nursery in Zeeland, Mich. with supplemental fertilizer and water as
needed but without plant growth regulators or pinching. Botanical
classification: Monarda didyma; Parentage: The parent is the
proprietary hybrid known only as 14-47-1; Plant habit: Winter-hardy
herbaceous perennial, compact, producing several stems spreading by
short rhizomes; to 40 cm tall at flowering and 70 to 80 cm wide;
flowering begins mid-summer in Michigan and continuing for about 5
to 8 weeks; Propagation: Stem cuttings; Time to produce finished
crop in 3.8-liter pots: About 8 to 10 weeks; vigorous rate of
growth; Root: Fine, fibrous and freely branching; color creamy
white to tan depending on soil type; Leaves: Simple, lanceolate,
opposite, serrated, puberulent above and below; lustrous above,
matte below; acute apex, rounded to cordate base; to about 6.5 cm
long and about 3.5 cm wide, decreasing distally, average about 6.0
cm long and 3.0 cm wide; Leaf color: Young expanding leaves nearest
RHS 138B on adaxial surface and on abaxial surface nearest RHS
138D; mature adaxial leaves between RHS 139A and RHS 136A and
abaxial leaves nearest RHS 144A; Foliage fragrance: Pleasantly
herbal; Veins: Pinnate; pubescent below with minute puberulent
above, slightly sunken above and raised below; Vein color: Mature
adaxial midrib and primary veins between RHS 145A and RHS 146D,
secondary adaxial veins between RHS 139A and RHS 136A; mature
abaxial midrib and primary veins between RHS 145D and RHS 145C,
secondary abaxial veins nearest RHS 145B; emerging adaxial midrib
and primary veins nearest RHS 138C, secondary veins on emerging
abaxial surfaces same color as surrounding leaf tissue; emerging
abaxial midrib and primary veins nearest RHS 145D, secondary veins
nearest RHS 145B; Petiole: Puberulent, slightly concavo-convex; to
about 4.5 mm long and 2.5 mm across, decreasing distally; Petiole
color: Nearest RHS 138D with slight anthocyanin blush of nearest
RHS N187A adaxial, nearest RHS 138D abaxial; Stems: Quadrangular,
puberulent, to about 4.0 mm across at base and about 37 cm long;
Stem color: Basal portion between RHS 146C and RHS 138B, distal
portion in higher sun exposure nearest RHS 146B with light to
moderate anthocyanin blush of nearest RHS 187A with the greater
blush in regions of higher sun exposure; Branches: In lower nodes;
quadrangular, puberulent, typically three to four per main stem at
initial flowering; about 2.0 mm across at base and to about 30 cm
long; Branch color: Proximally between RHS 145A and RHS 14 with
moderate to light anthocyanin blush of nearest RHS 187A with
greater sun exposure; Nodes: About 12 to 16 per stem; Node color:
Nearest RHS 145A with thin bands of nearest RHS 187A above and
below when exposed to high sun level; Flowers: Single, labiate,
actinomorphic flowers arranged in terminal verticillate head about
68.0 mm across and 40.0 mm tall, opening from the center and
progressing outwardly and downwardly; individual flowers to about
37.0 mm long to exserted anthers; corolla to about 36.0 mm long,
15.0 mm tall and 5.0 mm across; numerous, about 80 to 120 flowers
per head; flower altitude upright in center of head to outwardly
toward the perimeter, slightly arcuate distally; self-cleaning;
Flower lasting: Individual flowers persisting about 5 days in
Michigan, head remains effective for 2 to 3 weeks; Flower period:
Usually late June into August; about six to seven weeks; Flower
fragrance: None observed; Buds one to two days prior to opening:
Narrowly oblanceolate; tubular; rounded apex; arcuate slightly
downward in distal half; about 24.0 mm long, about 3.0 mm across in
the middle and about 5.0 mm tall; Bud color one to two days prior
to opening: Between RHS 63B and RHS 63C; Petals: Bilabiate; arcuate
downward; fused in proximal 12.0 mm, split in two in about the
distal 15.0 mm; puberulent abaxial and glabrous adaxial except
pubescent in center 3 to 5 mm of lower lip; Upper labium: Folded
into a hood about 14.0 mm long from fusion and 2.5 mm across and
3.0 mm tall just beyond fusion; Lower labium: About 15.0 mm long
beyond fusion, comprising three lobes including two side lobes
about 1.0 mm long and 2.0 mm across having rounded apex entire
margin, and center lobe to about 5.0 mm long and 2.0 mm wide, bent
upwardly at base, with emarginate apex split in the distal 1.0 mm
and entire margin; Petal color: Basal 4.0 mm of corolla tube
nearest RHS N155C both adaxial and abaxial; upper labium adaxial
between RHS 63B and RHS 63C, abaxial nearest RHS 63A; lower labium
adaxial between RHS 63B and RHS 63C with spots of between RHS 63B
and RHS 63A, abaxial between RHS 63B and RHS 63C, distal 1.0 mm of
center lobe nearest RHS 69C both adaxial and abaxial; outer corolla
tube adaxial nearest RHS 63C, and abaxial nearest RHS 63B; Floral
bracts: Two sets of between 5 and 7 subtending flower head;
proximal set deltoid to lanceolate, with acuminate to narrowly
acute apex and sessile truncate base, to about 29.0 mm long and
10.0 mm wide; distal set lanceolate with narrowly acute apex and
sessile truncate base, to about 12.0 mm long and 3.0 mm wide near
base; Floral bract color: Variable; both sets abaxial and adaxial
between RHS 187A and RHS 187B and both sets adaxial and abaxial
nearest RHS 146B with variable amount of anthocyanin in the center
of nearest RHS 187B; Androecium: Two; Filaments.--Two, to about
36.0 mm long by 0.3 mm diameter; color proximally nearest RHS 69B,
distally lighter than RHS 69D. Anther.--Oblong elliptic,
dorsifixed, longitudinal; 3.0 mm by 1.0 mm; color nearest RHS N77A.
Pollen.--Abundant, elliptic to globose, less than 0.1 mm; color
nearest RHS 18D. Gynoecium: One per flower; about 37.0 mm long at
maturity, exserted; Style.--About 34.0 mm by 0.3 mm; color
proximally nearest RHS 69B, distally lighter than RHS 69D.
Stigma.--Split in two in the distal 2.0 mm, 0.2 mm in diameter;
color nearest RHS 69D. Ovary.--1.0 mm by 0.75 mm; color between RHS
143D and RHS 144B. Calyx.--Tubular to campanulate, consisting of
five fused sepals; about 9.0 mm long and 2.0 mm diameter at apex.
Sepals: Five; apiculate apex; basal 7.0 mm fused forming corolla
tube; about 9.0 mm long and 1.0 mm across at fusion; glabrous
adaxial and abaxial; Sepal color: Adaxial and abaxial distally
nearest RHS N186C; adaxial proximally nearest RHS 138C, abaxial
proximally nearest RHS 138C with slight tinting of RHS N186C and
darker veins of nearest RHS 138A; Peduncle: Pubescent, stiff,
strong, erect, quadrangular to about 0.3 cm across just above last
leaves and to about 85.0 mm long; Peduncle color: Variable
depending on sun exposure; between RHS 138B and RHS 138C in low sun
exposure, nearest RHS 146B with light to moderate anthocyanin blush
of nearest RHS 187A in high sun exposure; Fruit: Single nutlet,
elliptical, about 1.0 mm long and 0.7 mm wide; Hardiness: The new
plant grows best with plenty of moisture and adequate drainage;
hardy to at least from USDA zone 4 through 8; Disease and pest
resistance: Demonstrated strong powdery mildew resistance
(Sphaerotheca pannosa var. rosa) in side-by-side comparison at
least equal or better than that of `Petite Delight` and
`AChall`.
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