USPP25012P3

USPP25012P3 - Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmufrenzy’

Info

Publication number: USPP25012P3
Application number: US13/694,695
Authority: US
Inventors: Wilhelmus Bernardus Blom
Original assignee: Chrysanthemum Breeders Association NV
Current assignee: Van Zanten Breeding BV
Priority date: 2012-12-26
Filing date: 2012-12-26
Publication date: 2014-10-28
Anticipated expiration: 2032-12-26
Also published as: US20140182032P1

Abstract

A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmufrenzy’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with purple ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flowering date September 3; blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Description

Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat.

Cultivar denomination: ‘Zanmufrenzy’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat., commercially known as a garden mum, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar denomination ‘Zanmufrenzy’. ‘Zanmufrenzy’ is a product of a breeding and selection program for outdoor pot mums (garden mums) which had the objective of creating new cultivars with a double type inflorescence, a natural season flowering date around September 3 (week 36), blooming for a period of 5 weeks. ‘Zanmufrenzy’ is a seedling resulting from a cross of the female parent id 24446 with the male parent id 27629. Plants of the new cultivar ‘Zanmufrenzy’ differ from plants of the female parent in the color of the ray-florets; the ray-florets of the seedling are purple, while those of the female parent are red. Plants of the new cultivar ‘Zanmufrenzy’ differ from plants of the male parent in the following characteristics. (1) Color ray-florets. And (2) Inflorescence type. (1) The ray-florets of the seedling are less intensively purple colored than those of the male parent. (2) The inflorescence type of the seedling is double, while that of the male parent is semi-double. The new and distinct cultivar was discovered and selected as a flowering plant by Wilhelmus Bernardus Blom on a cultivated field in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands in 2008. The first act of asexual production of ‘Zanmufrenzy’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings from the initial selection in 2008 were propagated further in a controlled environment in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands. The new cultivar has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive propagations.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention of a new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum is shown in the accompanying drawings (of about 15 weeks), the color being as nearly true as possible with color photographs of this type.

FIG. 1 shows a plant of the cultivar in full bloom.

FIG. 2 shows the various stages of bloom of the new cultivar.

FIG. 3 shows the various stages of foliage of the new cultivar.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The observations and measurements were gathered from plants grown out door in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands under natural day length and temperature and planted in week 23 in 2012. The natural blooming date of this crop was September 3 (week 36) . The average height of the plants was 35 cm. No growth retardants were used. No tests were done on disease or insect resistance or susceptibility. No tests were done on cold or drought tolerance. This new variety produces medium sized blooms with purple ray florets blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Zanmufrenzy’ is ‘Zanmuflamin’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,589). When ‘Zanmuflamin’ and ‘Zanmufrenzy’ are being compared the following differences are noticed: (1) Color ray-florets. And (2) Plant vigor. (1) The ray-florets of ‘Zanmufrenzy’ are more dark pink than those of ‘Zanmuflamin’. (2) The plants of ‘Zanmufrenzy’ are more vigorous than those of ‘Zanmuflamin’.

The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish ‘Zanmufrenzy’ as a new and distinct variety.

The color designations are taken from the plant itself. Accordingly, any discrepancies between the color designations and the colors depicted in the photographs are due to photographic tolerances. The color chart used in this description is: The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, edition 2001.

TABLE 1

Botanical Description of
Chrysanthemum ×morifolium Ramat. ‘Zanmufrenzy’

Bud
Size:	Small; cross-section 8 mm, height 5 mm
Shape:	Round
Texture:	Pubescent
Outside color:	Greyed-green 191A
Phyllaries
Number:	27, arranged in 3 rows
Shape:	Elliptic
Apex:	Acute
Base:	Truncate
Margin:	Entire
Color:	Upper side: Green N138B
	Lower side: Green 141B
Length and width:	7 mm; 2 mm
Texture:	Pubescent
Inflorescences
Type:	Double
Height:	1.8 cm
Diameter:	5.5 cm
Peduncle length:	6-10 cm
Peduncle color:	Yellow-green 147C
Peduncle diameter:	2 mm
Peduncle texture:	Pubescent
Number per branch:	Approx. 6 inflorescences
Duration of flowering:	5 weeks
Seeds:	Produced in small quantities, ovate, Greyed-
	brown 199A, length 1.5 mm, diameter 0.5 mm
Fragrance:	Faint chrysanthemum odor
Color inflorescences
Center of inflorescence:	Immature stage: Red-purple 59B;
	Mature stage: Red-purple 60B
Color of upper side of	Red-purple 60C and Yellow 13C at base
ray florets:
Color of lower side of	Greyed-purple 185C and Yellow 13D at base
ray florets:
Tonality from distance:	A garden mum with purple blooms
Color of ray florets after	Greyed-purple 186B
aging of the plant:
Ray florets
Texture:	Upper and under side smooth
Number:	160-180
Shape:	Elliptic
Apex:	Pointed
Base:	Attenuate
Cross-section:	Flat
Longitudinal axis:	Straight
Length of corolla tube:	3 mm
Ray floret margin:	Entire
Ray floret length:	1.5-3 cm
Ray floret width:	2-8 mm
Ratio length/width:	Medium
Disc florets	None
Receptacle
Color:	Yellow-green 145D
Shape:	Domed raised
Height:	4 mm
Diameter:	3 mm
Reproductive Organs
Androecium:	Absent
Pollen:	Absent
Gynoecium:	Present on ray florets
Style color:	Yellow-green 154C
Style length:	3 mm
Stigma color:	Yellow 7A
Stigma width:	1 mm
Ovary:	Enclosed in calyx
Plant
Form:	Grown as a spray type pot mum, outdoor
	raised and mounded
Growth habit:	Spherical shape
Growth rate:	Medium to high
Height:	35 cm
Width:	45 cm
Stem color:	Greyed-brown 199A
Stem strength:	Low
Stem brittleness:	Brittle
Stem anthocyanin	Not observed
coloration:
Internode length:	1.5-2 cm
Length of lateral branch:	From top to bottom 20 cm
Lateral branch color:	Green 137 C
Lateral branch,	Brittle
attachment:
Lateral branch diameter:	2 mm
Branching (average	Prolific with 7-8 breaks after pinching
number of lateral
branches):
Natural season blooming	September 3 (week 36)
date:
Foliage
Leaf color:	Upper side: Green 137A; Lower side: Green
	138A
Color midvein:	Upper side: Yellow-green 147D; Lower side:
	Yellow-green 148D
Size:	Small; length 3-5.5 cm, width 1.5-3.5 cm
Quantity (number per	12-14
lateral branches):
Shape:	Elliptic
Texture upper side:	Sparsely pubescent
Texture under side:	Pubescent
Venation arrangement:	Palmate
Shape of margin:	Serrated
Shape of base of sinus	Rounded
between lateral lobes:
Margin of sinus between	Diverging
lateral lobes:
Shape of base:	Truncate to attenuate
Apex:	Mucronulate
Petiole length:	1-2.5 cm
Petiole diameter:	1.5 mm
Petiole color:	Yellow-green 147D

TABLE 2

Differences with the comparison variety,
when grown under identical conditions

	‘Zanmufrenzy’	‘Zanmuflamin’

Color ray-florets	Red-purple 60C	Red-purple 59D
Plant height	35 cm	30 cm

Claims

I claim:

1. A new and distinct chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmufrenzy’ as described and illustrated.