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Honeysuckle plant named `Mandarin`
AssigneeThe University of British Columbia Botanical Garden
InventorKevin W. Nicholls
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AssigneeThe University of British Columbia Botanical Garden
InventorKevin W. Nicholls
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A new and distinct Lonicera hybrid (Honeysuckle) plant is provided that forms attractive, extremely large tubular-shaped flowers. Such flowers are a dark reddish-orange on the outside and a paler reddish-orange on the inside. The foliage coloration contrasts nicely with the flower coloration and initially is brownish and with maturity becomes glossy deep green. The growth habit is vigorous thereby making possible the formation of a unique colorful screening vine within a relatively short period of time. The new cultivar grows particularly well on a trellis or fence.
A new and distinct Lonicera hybrid cultivar which exhibits the following combination of characteristics:
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The new Lonicera hybrid plant of the present invention is a member of the Caprifoliaceae family and was created by artificial pollination wherein two parents were crossed which previously had been studied in the hope that they would contribute the desired characteristics. The initial cross was conducted during 1989 at the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden located at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was Lonicera tragophylla (non-patented in the United States) and the male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was L..times.brownii `Dropmore Scarlet` (non-patented in the United States). The parentage of the new cultivar can be summarized as follows:
(Lonicera tragophylla.times.L..times.brownii `Dropmore Scarlet`).
The seeds resulting from the above pollination were sown and plants were obtained which were found to be physically and biologically different from each other. The plant which forms the subject matter of the present application first flowered during 1991. Selective study of the offspring resulting from the above-identified cross has resulted in the identification of a single plant of the new cultivar.
The accompanying photographs show, as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in color illustrations of this character, typical mature specimens of plants of the new cultivar. The illustrated plants were grown at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
FIG. 1 illustrates an overall view of a supported plant while flowering during late springtime.
FIG. 2 illustrates a closer view of the flowers in various stages of opening during late springtime as well as leaflets that are borne in a sessile pair and a stem.
The chart used in the identification of the colors is that of The Royal Horticultural Society (R.H.S. Colour Chart). Color terminology also is provided in common terms that are to be accorded their usual dictionary significance. The description is based upon the observation of mature plants of the new cultivar while growing in the landscape at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The illustrated plants had been asexually reproduced through the use of cuttings.
Family: Caprifoliaceae.
Botanical name: Lonicera hybrid.