Euonymus plant--Corlutz variety
AssigneeThe Conard-Pyle Comany
InventorClifford D. Corliss
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Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Euonymus fortunei which is a branch mutation of the Emerald'N Gold variety (i.e. U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,231) is provided. The new variety possesses larger leaves than the parent variety which are of a richer attractively variegated coloration. More specifically, the mature leaves are dark green and have light to medium yellow margins. The new variety has a more upright growth habit than the parent variety and forms a larger plant. Unlike the parent there is no substantial change in the leaf coloration and leaf orientation during the winter.
Claims1
A new and distinct variety of Euonymus fortunei which is a branch mutation of Emerald'N Gold variety, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of:
- (a) a more upright habit of growth which yields a larger plant than the parent variety,
- (b) large richly colored variegated leaves which when mature are dark green with light to medium yellow margins,
- (c) the propensity of exhibiting no substantial change in leaf coloration during winter,
- (d) a propensity to resist a change in leaf orientation during winter,
- (e) vigorous growth characteristics,
- (f) the ability to thrive under a wide range of climatic conditions, and
- (g) the ability to be sheared within prescribed limits or shaped to a specific form.
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