Resources Contact Us Home Browse by: INVENTOR PATENT HOLDER PATENT NUMBER DATE     Gaillardia plant named `Granbur` PP19769 Gaillardia plant named `Granbur` Patent Drawings: Inventor: Gutter Date Issued: February 24, 2009 Application: 11/977,142 Filed: October 23, 2007 Inventors: Gutter; Martien Everett (Enkhuizen, NL) Assignee: Syngenta Seeds B. V. (Enkhuizen, NL) Primary Examiner: Para; Annette H Assistant Examiner: Attorney Or Agent: Edwards; S. Matthew U.S. Class: PLT/431 Field Of Search: PLT/431 International Class: A01H 5/00 U.S Patent Documents: Foreign Patent Documents: Other References: Abstract: A new Gaillardia plant, particularly distinguished by its deep red flower color, early flowering without cold induction, and compact plant habit. Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Gaillardia plant named `Granbur,` as substantially illustrated and described herein. Description: Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed: Gaillardia aristata. Varietal denomination: `Granbur`. BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT The present invention comprises a new distinct cultivar of Gaillardia, botanically known as Gaillardia aristata. The new Lavandula was not discovered but is a product of a planned breeding program conducted in Enkhuizen, Netherlands. The new Lavandula cultivar has a compact plant habit, a blue-purple flower color, and is early flowering. The new Lavandula is propagated by cuttings resulting from a single seedling. This seedling from a selection in Lavandula angustifolia `Hidcote Blue` (not patented, a seed strain), identified as number `D1804.` A plant was selected in thisstrain and the seeds of this plant were harvested in the field. The female parent is known and the male parent is a "cloud" of pollen of the other plants. These seeds were sown and the same cycle was done: in this population one plant was selected andharvested, so pollinated again with a "cloud" of pollen. A third cycle was done the same way and the final seedling was selected. This took place from June 1998 until July 2000 in Enkhuizen, Netherlands. The seedling was selected in July 2001 inEnkhuizen in field conditions. The present cultivar has been repeatedly asexually reproduced by cuttings in Enkhuizen, Netherlands, since 2001. The distinctive characteristics of this new Gaillardia are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexualreproduction. The new Gaillardia plant is a perennial in zones 4 to 9 in the US. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The new Gaillardia plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographic drawing which shows blooms, buds and foliage of the plant in full color, the color showing being as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographicprocedures. BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive characteristics of this new Gaillardia. The data which defines these characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out in Enkhuizen, Netherlands. The planthistory was taken on 13 week old plants. The instant plant was grown in an 11 cm container in an outdoor container field. Color references are primarily to the R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London. Plants of the new Gaillardia differ primarily from the plants of the originator `Burgundy` in the following characteristics: Plants of the new variety are flowering very early without needing cold for flower induction, whereas plants of the originator flower late and need cold for flower induction. Plants of the new variety are more uniform and have a longer floweringperiod than plants of the originator. TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NEW CULTIVAR `GRANBUR` AND A SIMILAR CULTIVAR `Granbur` `Burgundy` (Not patented) Plant habit Very compact Loose Time of flowering 10-12 weeks after potting 14-18 weeks after potting The plant: Classification -- Botanical : Gaillardia aristata. Parentage: Originator selection.--`Burgundy` (Not patented). Propagation: Type of cutting.--Terminal cuttings. Time to initiate roots.--6-12 days at 18.degree. C. Time to producea rooted cutting.--2 weeks. Root description.--Fine, fibrous and white in color. Plant description: Form.--Globular, symmetrical, mounded. Height.--39-42 cm. Plant diameter.--28 cm. Branching habit.--Freely basal branching. The stem:Shape.--Cylindrical. Color.--138B. Texture.--Strigose. Length.--17 cm. Diameter.--3 mm. Internode length.--16 mm. Quantity.--Approximately 28 per plant. The foliage: Type.--Simple. Arrangement.--Opposite, decussate. Number of leaves perstem.--10. Size of leaf.--Length : 56-84 mm. Width : 19-26 mm. Shape of leaf.--Oblanceolate. Shape of apex.--Acute. Shape of base.--Attenuate. Texture.--Pubescent. Margin.--Entire. Fragrance.--Present. Color.--Upper surface : 137C. Lowersurface : 137D. Petiole.--Absent. Venation.--Reticulate. The flower: Natural flowering season.--June to September. Flower type.--Composite; disc and ray florets arranged acropetally on a capitulum. Form.--Solitary. Appearance.--Single flowers. Aspect.--Facing upward or outward. Flower size.--Diameter : 55 mm. Depth : 36 mm. Disc diameter.--15 mm. Number of flowers per plant.--145. Flower opening/closing behavior.--Flowers stay open permanently. Fragrance.--No fragrance. Bud (just beforeflowering).--Shape : Oval. Diameter : 4 mm. Length : 11 mm. Color : N88A. Texture : Pubescent. Ray florets.--Quantity : 26. Arrangement : Radiate. Shape : Elongated, cupped; 5 petals fused at the base. Length : 27 mm. Width : 11 mm. Apex :Acute. Base : Attenuate. Margin : Entire. Texture both sides : Glabrous. Color when fully opened Upper side : 46A. Lower side : 46A. Disc florets.--Quantity : 70. Shape : Cylindrical, 6 acuminate lobes at apex. Length : 7 mm. Diameter : 1 mm. Texture : Glabrous. Color : 54B. Receptical.--Shape : Cone. Diameter : 15 mm. Depth : 8 mm. Color : 144C. Peduncle.--Form : Strong, erect. Length : 43 mm. Diameter : 2 mm. Texture : Strigose. Color : 143C. Involucral bracts.--Quantity : 22. Shape : Lanceolate. Apex : Acuminate. Base : Truncate. Margin : Entire. Length : 7 mm. Width :3 mm. Texture : Densely pubescent. Lasting quality of flowers.--On the plant : 18 days. Cut flowers : 10 hours. Reproductive organs: Androecium.--Ondisc florets. Stamen number.--4. Filaments.--Adanate to corolla. Anther.--Shape : Linear. Length : 2 mm. Color : 158D. Amount of pollen.--Mediocre. Pollen color.--164A. Gynoecium.--On disc and ray florets. Stigma shape.--2 parted. Stigmalength.--4 mm. Stigma color.--158D. Pistil quantity.--1 per floret. Pistil length.--15 mm. Style length.--4 mm. Color.--158D. Ovary length.--1 mm. Ovary color.--145C. Disease resistance: No disease/pest resistance has been observed to date. Weather tolerance: Heat tolerant to 40.degree. C.; susceptible to wet conditions. Seed development: Seed development has not been observed to date. * * * * *       Recently Added Patents Articles and methods for applying color on surfaces Compositions and methods for diagnosing or treating psoriasis Reaction device, and fuel cell device and electronic apparatus using the reaction device Non-volatile memory device and method of manufacturing the same Active surface Safety arrangement Binding a digital license to a portable or the like in a digital rights management (DMR) system and checking out/checking in the digital license to/from the portable device or the like   Randomly Featured Patents Short pitch tooth chain Double-circle utility holder Far-infrared radiator and method of radiating far-infrared Soundproof construction in printer box Method and system for controlling the handling of a vehicle in response to a movement Apparatus to make plastic seamed jackets, reinforced jacket structures, and the like Network address selection Magnetic carrier of developer for electrophotographic copying machines composed of ferrite and a selected metal oxide Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 5-phosphatase Sheet feeding device and image forming device with linked rotatable guide members and guide plate © 2006. 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