Coleus plant named ‘Docolmastrefranstre’
The new Coleus cultivar 'Docolmastrefranstre' addresses the need for compact, branching plants with unique leaf patterns by combining specific parental traits, achieving stable, attractive, and robust growth with temperature tolerance.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Patents(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- DUEMMEN GROUP BV
- Filing Date
- 2025-09-30
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-16
AI Technical Summary
Existing Coleus plants lack compact, freely branching varieties with uniquely-patterned leaves and strong branches, which are not adequately addressed by current breeding programs.
Development of a new Coleus cultivar, 'Docolmastrefranstre', through planned breeding, combining a proprietary female parent (CS-0289) with an unknown male parent, resulting in compact, vigorously growing plants with reddish-brown and orange-purplish-red variegated leaves and a freely branching habit.
The new cultivar exhibits stable, unique characteristics such as compact growth, rapid branching, and attractive leaf patterns, demonstrating good garden performance and temperature tolerance from 5°C to 40°C.
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Abstract
Description
[0001] Botanical designation: Coleus scutellarioides.
[0002] Cultivar denomination: ‘DOCOLMASTREFRANSTRE’.CROSS-REFERENCED TO CLOSELY-RELATED APPLICATION
[0003] A European Community Plant Breeder's Rights application for the instant plant was filed by the Applicant / Assignee, Dümmen Group B.V. of De Lier, The Netherlands on Sep. 1, 2025, application number 2025 / 1881. Foreign priority is not claimed to this application.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0004] The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Coleus plant, botanically known as Coleus scutellarioides and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Docolmastrefranstre’.
[0005] The new Coleus plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Rheinberg, Germany. The objective of the breeding program was to develop new compact and freely branching Coleus plants with strong branches and attractive and uniquely-patterned leaves.
[0006] The new Coleus plant originated from an open-pollination in July, 2022 of a proprietary selection of Coleus scutellarioides identified as code number CS-0289, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with an unknown proprietary selection of Coleus scutellarioides as the male or pollen, parent. The new Coleus plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single plant from within the progeny of the stated open-pollination in a controlled greenhouse environment in Rheinberg, Germany in April, 2023.
[0007] Asexual reproduction of the new Coleus plant by vegetative tip cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Rheinberg, Germany since May, 2023 has shown that the unique features of this new Coleus plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The new Coleus plant has not been observed under all possible combinations of cultural practices and environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment and cultural practices such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.
[0009] The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Docolmastrefranstre’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Docolmastrefranstre’ as a new and distinct Coleus plant:
[0010] 1. Compact, upright to somewhat outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit.
[0011] 2. Vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate.
[0012] 3. Freely branching habit.
[0013] 4. Variegated leaves that are reddish brown in color with orange and purplish red-colored centers and yellowish green-colored margins.
[0014] 5. Good garden performance.
[0015] Plants of the new Coleus differ primarily from plants of the female parent selection in the following characteristics:
[0016] 1. Plants of the new Coleus are more compact than plants of the female parent selection.
[0017] 2. Plants of the new Coleus are more uniformly branching than plants of the female parent selection.
[0018] 3. Leaves of plants of the new Coleus are reddish brown in color with orange and purplish red-colored centers and yellowish green-colored margins whereas leaves of plants of the female parent selection are close to black in color with dark red-colored centers and green-colored margins.
[0019] Plants of the new Coleus can be compared to plants of Coleus scutellarioides ‘Main Street Sunset Boulevard’, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons plants of the new Coleus differ from plants of ‘Main Street Sunset Boulevard’ in the following characteristics:
[0020] 1. Plants of the new Coleus are more compact than plants of ‘Main Street Sunset Boulevard’.
[0021] 2. Plants of the new Coleus are more upright and denser than plants of ‘Main Street Sunset Boulevard’.
[0022] 3. Plants of the new Coleus have larger leaves than plants of ‘Main Street Sunset Boulevard’.
[0023] 4. Leaves of plants of the new Coleus are reddish brown in color with orange and purplish red-colored centers and yellowish green-colored margins whereas leaves of plants of ‘Main Street Sunset Boulevard’ are orange in color with green-colored margins.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH
[0024] The accompanying colored photograph illustrates the overall appearance of the new Coleus showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photograph may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Coleus. The photograph is a side perspective view of a typical plant of ‘Docolmastrefranstre’ grown in a container.DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
[0025] The aforementioned photograph and following observations, measurements and values describe plants grown in Rheinberg, Germany in 22-cm containers in a glass-covered greenhouse during the spring and early summer and under cultural practices which closely approximate commercial Coleus production. During the production of the plants, day and night temperatures averaged 18° C. and light levels averaged from 4,500 lux. Plants were pinched one time three weeks after planting rooted cuttings. Plants were twelve weeks old when the photograph was taken and 25 weeks old when the description was taken. In the following detailed description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, Fifth Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.
[0026] Botanical classification: Coleus scutellarioides ‘Docolmastrefranstre’.
[0027] Parentage:
[0028] Female, or seed, parent.—Proprietary selection of Coleus scutellarioides identified as code designation CS-0289, not patented.
[0029] Male, or pollen, parent.—Unknown proprietary selection of Coleus scutellarioides, not patented.
[0030] Propagation:
[0031] Type.—By vegetative cuttings.
[0032] Time to initiate roots, summer.—About five days at temperatures about 20° C.
[0033] Time to initiate roots, winter.—About seven days at temperatures about 20° C.
[0034] Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.—About three weeks at temperatures about 20° C.
[0035] Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.—About four weeks at temperatures about 20° C.
[0036] Root description.—Fine, fibrous; typically white in color, actual color of the roots is dependent on substrate composition, water quality, fertilizers, substrate temperature and age of roots.
[0037] Rooting habit.—Freely branching; dense.
[0038] Plant description:
[0039] Plant and growth habit.—Compact, upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching habit with about six primary lateral branches per plant with secondary lateral branches potentially developing at every node.
[0040] Plant height.—About 7.5 cm.
[0041] Plant diameter.—About 10.8 cm.
[0042] Lateral branch description:
[0043] Length.—About 7.9 cm.
[0044] Diameter.—About 1.5 cm.
[0045] Internode length.—About 5.3 cm.
[0046] Strength.—Moderately strong; flexible.
[0047] Aspect.—Mostly upright.
[0048] Texture and luster.—Pubescent; semi-glossy.
[0049] Color, when developing.—Close to 144A.
[0050] Color, fully developed.—Close to 144A and 144B; at the internodes, close to 59A.
[0051] Leaf description:
[0052] Arrangement.—Decussate, simple.
[0053] Length.—About 12.7 cm.
[0054] Width.—About 1.1 cm.
[0055] Shape.—Cordate.
[0056] Apex.—Acute to caudate.
[0057] Base.—Cordate.
[0058] Margin.—Crenate; sinuses medium in depth and divergent.
[0059] Texture and luster, upper surface.—Slightly pubescent, not rugose; velvety; matte.
[0060] Texture and luster, lower surface.—Glabrous, rugose; matte.
[0061] Venation pattern.—Pinnate and reticulate.
[0062] Color.—Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to 200A; centers, close to 184B; margins, close to 144C. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 164B; margins, close to 146D. Fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to 200A; centers, close to 184C and 169C; margins, close to 143A; venation, close to 61A. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close to N186D; centers, close to 162C; margins, close to 146D; venation, close to 157A and 146A.
[0063] Petioles.—Length: About 2.7 cm. Diameter: About 3.7 mm. Strength: Strong, flexible. Texture and luster: Slightly pubescent; semi-glossy. Color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 160A and 145B.
[0064] Flower description: To date, flower development has not been observed on plants of the new Coleus.
[0065] Pathogen & pest resistance: To date, plants of the new Coleus have not been observed to be resistant to pests and pathogens common to Coleus plants.
[0066] Garden performance & temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Coleus have been observed to have good garden performance and to tolerate temperatures ranging from 5° C. to 40° C.
Claims
1. A new and distinct Coleus plant named ‘Docolmastrefranstre’ as herein illustrated and described.