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Forsythia plant named `Fiesta` |
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Forsythia plant named `Fiesta`
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| Inventor: |
Wilcox, Jr. |
| Date Issued: |
May 14, 1991 |
| Application: |
07/392,024 |
| Filed: |
August 10, 1989 |
| Inventors: |
Wilcox, Jr.; Harry D. (Avon, CT)
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| Primary Examiner: |
Feyrer; James R. |
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| Attorney Or Agent: |
Fishman, Dionne & Cantor |
| U.S. Class: |
PLT/230 |
| Field Of Search: |
; Plt/54 |
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| Abstract: |
A new variety of Forsythia having distinctive variegated foliage a slower growth rate and a denser growth habit. |
| Claim: |
I claim:
1. A new and distinct variety of Forsythia as substantially shown and described herein, that is characterized particularly as a novelty by the unique combination of distinct foliageconstruction, pale yellow flowers, slow growth rate, reduced internodal length and a denser branching habit. |
| Description: |
The present invention relates to a new and distinct selection of Forsythia, namedForsythia cultivar Forsythia.times.intermedia `Fiesta` which I discovered in a group of Forsythia.times.intermedia `Lynwood` at Farmington Valley Nursery, 138 Waterville Road, Avon, Conn. in 1977.
Among the novel characteristics of this new variety which distinguish it from `Lynwood` and from other varieties of which I am aware are:
(a) `Fiesta` exhibits unusually attractive tricolor variegated foliage;
(b) `Fiesta` exhibits unusually attractive pale yellow flowers;
(c) `Fiesta` exhibits a slower growth rate than the `Lynwood`;
(d) `Fiesta` has a spreading habit, in contrast to `Lynwood` which has a vase habit that eventually weeps and `Fiesta` has a shorter internode length than `Lynwood`; and
(e) The fall color of the foliage of `Fiesta` lacks purple blotches which characterize the fall coloration of `Lynwood`.
The blooming dates, blooming pattern, i.e. an equal distribution of flowers along the stem, bark and lentcels of `Fiesta` are substantially the same as those of the `Fiesta`.
There are no mature specimens of `Fiesta` as of the filing of the present application. The above comparisons were made between two plants, i.e.:
a specimen of Forsythia.times.intermedia `Lynwood` and a periclinal chimera sport from a specimen of `Lynwood`, i.e. a specimen of `Fiesta`. Each of the specimens was five years old and grown in a substantially identical root zone volume, i.e. a2 gallon container. Each of the specimens was pruned annually and the comparisons are therefore based only on current growth.
The new variety `Fiesta` has been propagated solely by taking cuttings. Mound or stool layering has not been used as a propagation technique. Seed set of `Fiesta` has not been observed and it is not known whether `Fiesta` produces viablepollen. Asexual reproduction of `Fiesta` by cutting performed at Farmington Valley Nursery indicates that the foregoing and other distinguishing characteristics come true to form and are established and transmitted through successive propagations.
The accompanying drawings show a typical specimen of the new variety, depicted in color as nearly true as possible.
FIG. 1 shows the distinctive variegated foliage of the new variety.
FIG. 2 shows the denser growth habit of the new variety.
FIG. 3 shows the flower of the new variety.
Color terminology used herein is in accord with The Horticultural Color Chart, by Robert F. Wilson, Henry Stone & Son, Ltd, 1938 and refers to page and plate numbers in the aforementioned chart.
FLOWER
Blooming Habit
A. Bud:
1. Size.--2 mm at base, 3 mm long.
2. Form.--Superposed with auxiliary bud set.
3. Color.--Light tan at base of scale, to dark brown at tip.
4. Sepals.--7 mm, pale white with a green stripe.
5. Peduncle.--Calyx deeply 4 lobed, persistant.
B. Bloom:
1. Size.--Approximately 2-3 cm.
2. Borne.--1-6.
3. Form.--Perfect.
4. Petalage.--4 petals.
5. Color.--Chrome yellow (light), page 93, plate 605/1 to sulfur yellow, page 1, plate #1/3.
C. Petals:
1. Form.--Oblong.
2. Arrangement.--4.
3. Persistence.--2-3 weeks.
4. Fragrance.--Scentless.
PLANT
A. Overall size and habit:
1. Internodal length.--2.2 cm.
B. Foliage
1. Shape.--Ovate-oblong to oblong lanceolate.
2. Base.--Acute to rounded.
3. Tip.--Acute.
4. Margins.--Serrate upper one-half.
5. Width.--2.4 to 4.1 cm.
6. Length.--4.4 to 7.1 cm.
7. Arrangement.--Opposite.
8. Color.--The leaves are variegated and exhibit three distinct hues: (i) The central portion of the leaf is colored spinach green, page 187, plate #09.sup.60. (ii) The margins of the leaf are colored yellow. The intensity of the yellow colorvaries with intensity of illumination. The brightest hue exhibited is sulphur yellow, page 1, plate 1/3. The yellow color of the margins in lower intensity light are graduated tints of Barium yellow, page 131, plate #s 50.sup.3/3, 50.sup.3/2 and50.sup.3/1. (iii) Patches of pod green, plate 120, plate #0.sup.61/1 are present between the central portion of the leaf and the leaf margin where a layer of yellow mesophyll overlaps a layer of green mesophyll.
Trifoliate leaves do not appear.
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