USPP21991P2 - Hydrangea plant named ‘Wim Rutten’ - Google Patents

Hydrangea plant named ‘Wim Rutten’ Download PDF

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USPP21991P2
USPP21991P2 US12/660,108 US66010810V USPP21991P2 US PP21991 P2 USPP21991 P2 US PP21991P2 US 66010810 V US66010810 V US 66010810V US PP21991 P2 USPP21991 P2 US PP21991P2
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  • Botanical designation Hydrangea involucrata.
  • the present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant, botanically known as Hydrangea involucrata and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Wim Rutten’.
  • the new Hydrangea plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Leende, The Netherlands.
  • the objective of the breeding program was to develop strong and vigorous Hydrangea plants with attractive leaf and flower coloration.
  • the new Hydrangea plant originated from a cross-pollination in 2000 of two unnamed seedling selections of Hydrangea involucrata , not patented.
  • the new Hydrangea plant was discovered and selected in 2002 as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Leende, The Netherlands.
  • Plants of the new Hydrangea have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions.
  • the phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment and cultural practices such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.
  • Plants of the new Hydrangea can be compared to plants of an unnamed selection of Hydrangea involucrata , not patented. Plants of the new Hydrangea differ primarily from plants of the unnamed selection in the following characteristics:
  • the photograph on the first sheet comprises a close-up view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Wim Rutten’ grown in an outdoor nursery.
  • the photograph on the second sheet is a close-up view of a typical inflorescence and leaves of ‘Wim Rutten’.

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A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘Wim Rutten’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; strong and vigorous growth habit; relatively large leaves; freely flowering habit; and large lacecap-type inflorescences with light violet blue-colored fertile flowers and white-colored sterile flowers.

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Botanical designation: Hydrangea involucrata.
Cultivar denomination: ‘WIM RUTTEN’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant, botanically known as Hydrangea involucrata and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Wim Rutten’.
The new Hydrangea plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Leende, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program was to develop strong and vigorous Hydrangea plants with attractive leaf and flower coloration.
The new Hydrangea plant originated from a cross-pollination in 2000 of two unnamed seedling selections of Hydrangea involucrata, not patented. The new Hydrangea plant was discovered and selected in 2002 as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Leende, The Netherlands.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by softwood cuttings in Leende, The Netherlands since 2003 has shown that the unique features of this new Hydrangea plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the new Hydrangea have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment and cultural practices 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 ‘Wim Rutten’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Wim Rutten’ as a new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea:
    • 1. Upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit.
    • 2. Strong and vigorous growth habit.
    • 3. Relatively large leaves.
    • 4. Freely flowering habit.
    • 5. Large lacecap-type inflorescences with light violet blue-colored fertile flowers and white-colored sterile flowers.
Plants of the new Hydrangea differ primarily from plants of the parent selections in the following characteristics:
    • 1. Plants of the new Hydrangea are stronger and more vigorous than plants of the parent selections.
    • 2. Plants of the new Hydrangea have larger leaves than plants of the parent selections.
    • 3. Plants of the new Hydrangea have larger inflorescences than plants of the parent selections.
Plants of the new Hydrangea can be compared to plants of an unnamed selection of Hydrangea involucrata, not patented. Plants of the new Hydrangea differ primarily from plants of the unnamed selection in the following characteristics:
    • 1. Plants of the new Hydrangea are stronger, more vigorous and grow faster than plants of the unnamed selection.
    • 2. Plants of the new Hydrangea are shorter and broader than plants of the unnamed selection.
    • 3. Plants of the new Hydrangea have longer leaves than plants of the unnamed selection.
    • 4. Plants of the new Hydrangea are more freely flowering than plants of the unnamed selection.
    • 5. Plants of the new Hydrangea have larger inflorescences than plants of the unnamed selection.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the unique appearance of the new Hydrangea 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 from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Hydrangea plant.
The photograph on the first sheet comprises a close-up view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Wim Rutten’ grown in an outdoor nursery.
The photograph on the second sheet is a close-up view of a typical inflorescence and leaves of ‘Wim Rutten’.
 DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
Plants used in the aforementioned photographs and in the following description were grown during the spring and summer in Grand Haven, Mich. in an outdoor nursery and under conditions which closely approximate commercial production conditions. Plants of the new Hydrangea were three years old when the photographs and description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 1995 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.
  • Botanical description: Hydrangea involucrata ‘Wim Rutten’.
  • Parentage:
      • Female, or seed, parent.—Unnamed seedling selection of Hydrangea involucrata, not patented.
      • Male, or pollen, parent.—Unnamed seedling selection of Hydrangea involucrata, not patented.
  • Propagation:
      • Type cutting.—By softwood cuttings.
      • Time to initiate roots.—About three weeks.
      • Time to produce a rooted young plant.—About two months.
      • Root description.—Medium in thickness; creamy white in color.
      • Rooting habit.—Freely branching; dense.
  • Plant description:
      • Form/growth habit.—Perennial shrub; upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; broadly inverted triangle; freely branching habit with numerous lateral branches developing per plant; strong and vigorous growth habit; rapid growth rate.
      • Plant height.—About 40 cm.
      • Plant diameter or area of spread.—About 70 cm.
      • Lateral branches.—Internode length: About 9 cm. Texture: Pubescent. Strength: Strong. Angle: About 20° to 30° from vertical. Color, developing: Close to 136B. Color, mature: Close to 197A.
  • Foliage description:
      • Arrangement.—Opposite, simple.
      • Length.—About 25 cm.
      • Width.—About 7.5 cm.
      • Shape.—Ovate.
      • Apex.—Acute.
      • Base.—Attenuate to cuneate.
      • Margin.—Doubly serrate.
      • Texture, upper and lower surfaces.—Pubescent; rugose.
      • Venation pattern.—Pinnate.
      • Color.—Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to 146A. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 146B. Fully developed leaves, upper surface: Close to 138A; venation, close to 138B. Fully developed leaves, lower surface: Close to 138B; venation, close to 138B.
      • Petiole.—Length: About 3.5 cm. Diameter: About 5 mm. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Pubescent. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 136B to 136C.
  • Flower description:
      • Flower type and habit.—Single sterile and fertile flowers arranged on terminal lacecap-type panicles; fertile and sterile flowers face upright to outwardly.
      • Fragrance.—Faint, pleasant.
      • Natural flowering season.—Flowering continuous from July to September in Grand Haven, Mich.
      • Flower longevity, fertile flowers.—Flowers last about three weeks on the plant; flowers not persistent.
      • Flower longevity, sterile flowers.—Flowers last throughout the flowering season; flowers persistent.
      • Quantity of flowers.—Freely flowering; about 500 fertile flowers and about 18 sterile flowers per panicle.
      • Panicle height.—About 10 cm.
      • Panicle diameter.—About 17 cm.
      • Inflorescence buds.—Length: About 2.2 cm. Diameter: About 2.2 cm. Shape: Globose. Color: Close to 138C.
      • Flower diameter, fertile flowers.—About 4 mm.
      • Flower height, fertile flowers.—About 3 mm.
      • Flower diameter, sterile flowers.—About 2.8 cm.
      • Flower height, sterile flowers.—About 6 mm.
      • Petals, fertile flowers only.—Quantity/arrangement: Five in a single whorl; star-shaped. Length: About 4 mm. Width: About 2 mm. Shape: Roughly ovate. Apex: Acute. Base: Attenuate. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color: When opening, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 96D. Fully opened, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 96D.
      • Sepals, fertile flowers.—None observed.
      • Sepals, sterile flowers.—Quantity/arrangement: Four in a single whorl; cruciform. Length: About 1.5 cm. Width: About 1.3 cm. Shape: Broadly obovate. Apex: Obtuse. Base: Obtuse. Margin: Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous. Color: When opening, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 155A. Fully opened, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 155A.
      • Peduncles, fertile and sterile flowers.—Angle: Mostly erect. Strength: Strong. Length: About 3 cm to 4 cm. Diameter: About 6 mm. Texture: Tomentose. Color: Close to 138C to 138D.
      • Pedicels, fertile flowers.—Angle: About 45° to 80° from vertical. Strength: Strong. Length: About 1 cm. Diameter: About 3 mm to 4 mm. Texture: Tomentose. Color: Close to 138C to 138D.
      • Pedicels, sterile flowers.—Angle: About 30° from vertical. Strength: Moderately strong. Length: About 1.5 cm. Diameter: About 1 mm. Texture: Smooth, glabrous. Color: Close to 155A.
      • Reproductive organs, fertile flowers only.—Stamens: Quantity per flower: About ten. Anther length: About 0.5 mm. Anther shape: Rounded. Pollen amount: Scarce. Pistils: Pistil quantity per flower: Two. Pistil length: About 2 mm. Stigma shape: Oblong. Stigma color: Close to 155A. Style length: About 1.8 mm. Style color: Close to 155A. Ovary color: Close to 145B.
      • Seeds/fruits.—Seed and fruit development have not been observed on plants of the new Hydrangea.
  • Disease/pest resistance: Plants of the new Hydrangea have not been observed to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to Hydrangea.
  • Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Hydrangea have been shown to be tolerant to temperatures ranging from about −23° C. to about 37° C.

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1. A new and distinct Hydrangea plant named ‘Wim Rutten’ as illustrated and described.
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