Hosta plant named `Stitch in Time`

a plant and host technology, applied in the field of hosts, can solve the problems of not showing the unique gathering or stitching effect of the parent plan

Active Publication Date: 2007-09-18
MORTKO ROBERT A
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In addition the parent plant does not show the unique gathering or stitching effect where the green and yellow leaf tissue meets.

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[0014]In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society's Colour Chart (1995 edition) except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. The following observations and measurements describe a three-year old plant growing in a one gallon container, as depicted in the accompanying photographs, which was grown outdoors in Olathe, Kans., USA.[0015]Botanical classification: Hosta ‘Stitch in Time’.[0016]Parentage: Naturally occurring whole plant mutation of Hosta ‘Summer Breeze’ (non patented.[0017]Propagation:[0018]Method.—By division and tissue culture.[0019]Plant description:[0020]Plant habit.—Compact, mounding, symmetrical.[0021]Culture.—Light to medium shade in moist soil.[0022]Plant type.—Herbaceous rhizomatous perennial.[0023]Plant height.—20 cm (up to about 46 cm at maturity).[0024]Plant width.—38 cm (up to about 107 cm at maturity).[0025]Vigor and growth rate.—Moderate.[0026]Root system.—Normal, fleshy, branching.[002...

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A new and distinct cultivar of Hosta named ‘Stitch in Time’, characterized by its wide yellow colored leaf margins and its unique gathering and stitching where the yellow leaf margin tissue meets the dark green center tissue.

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DESCRIPTIONBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Hosta plant, botanically known as Hosta, hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Stitch in Time’.[0002]The new plant was discovered by the Inventor during the summer of 2003 as a non-induced, naturally occurring whole plant mutation of Hosta ‘Summer Breeze’ (not patented) at his nursery in Olathe, Kans., USA. Asexual propagation of the new cultivar by division in 2004 in Olathe, Kans. and by tissue culture in 2005 in Waseca, Minn., has shown the unique and distinct characteristics of this new plant are stable and reproduce true to type in successive generations.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0003]The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Stitch in Time’. These characteristics in combination distinguish the new Hosta as a new and unique cultivar:[0004]1. Medium sized clump;[0005]2. Dark green narrow-centered leave...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A01H5/00A01H5/02
CPCA01H5/0272A01H5/02A01H6/56
Inventor MORTKO, ROBERT A.
Owner MORTKO ROBERT A
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