A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named ‘HORE9306’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright to broadly spreading plant habit; relatively moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; strong and sturdy stems; freely flowering habit; panicles with double-type sterile flowers that are pale purple in color; and good postproduction longevity.
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Claim 1: . A new and distinctplant named ‘HORE9306’ as herein illustrated and described.
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Cultivar denomination: ‘HORE9306’.
A United Kingdom Plant Breeder's Rights application for this plant was filed by the Applicant/Assignee of the instant application, Kwekerij Lendert de Vos of Reeuwijk, The Netherlands on Aug. 20, 2024, application number 23/883, and published on Sep. 1, 2024. Foreign priority is not claimed to this United Kingdom Plant Breeder's Rights application.
A European Community Plant Breeder's Rights application for this plant was filed by the Applicant/Assignee of the instant application, Kwekerij Lendert de Vos of Reeuwijk, The Netherlands on Sep. 24, 2024, application number 2024/2228, and published on Dec. 15, 2024. Foreign priority is not claimed to this European Plant Breeder's Rights application.
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar ofplant, botanically known as, commercially referred to as a Bigleaf Hydrangea and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘HORE9306’.
The newplant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Reeuwijk, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program is to create new compact and strongplants with attractive inflorescences and good postproduction longevity.
The newplant originated from a cross-pollination in August 2017 of a proprietary selection ofmacrophylla identified as code number 16-20161-02, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary of Hydrangea macrophylla identified as code number 16-20143-03, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The newplant was discovered and selected as a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled greenhouse environment in Reeuwijk, The Netherlands in August 2019.
Asexual reproduction of the newplant by terminal vegetative cuttings since August 2019 in a controlled greenhouse environment in Reeuwijk, The Netherlands has shown that the unique features of this newplant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.
Plants of the newhave not been observed under all possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditions 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 ‘HORE9306’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘HORE9306’ as a new and distinctplant:
Plants of the newcan be compared to plants of the female parent selection. Plants of the newdiffer primarily from plants of the female parent selection in the following characteristics:
Plants of the newcan be compared to plants of the male parent selection. Plants of the newdiffer primarily from plants of the male parent selection in the following characteristics:
Plants of the newcan be compared to plants of‘HORE9311’, disclosed in U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 19/030,145. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the newdiffer primarily from plants of ‘HORE9311’ in sterile flower color as plants of the newhave pale purple-colored sterile flowers whereas plants of ‘HORE9311’ have greenish white to white-colored sterile flowers.
Plants of the newcan be compared to plants of‘Youmefive’, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the newdiffer primarily from plants of ‘Youmefive’ in the following characteristics:
Plants used in the aforementioned photographs and in the following description were grown during the summer in 21-cm containers in a glass-covered greenhouse in Reeuwijk, The Netherlands and under cultural practices typical of commercialproduction. During the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 20° C. to 35° C. and night temperatures ranged from 10° C. to 22° C. Plants of the newwere pinched one time and were 18 months old when the photographs and description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, Sixth Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. The newplant is not typically treated with aluminum sulfate to “blue” the flower color.
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