Anemone Cinderella Cultivar Breeding for Compact Growth and Flower Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for compact Anemone plants with attractive flowers that exhibit stable and reproducible traits across various environmental conditions and cultural practices, as existing cultivars may vary significantly in growth habits and flower colors.
Innovation Solution
A new cultivar, 'Cinderella', resulting from a planned breeding program combining an unnamed proprietary selection of Anemone hupehensis as the female parent with Anemone hupehensis 'Diana' as the male parent, characterized by an upright and compact habit, vigorous growth, freely flowering, light purple single-type flowers, and stronger roots, which are more compact and floriferous than the parents and differ in flower color and timing compared to other cultivars like 'Pretty Lady Susan'.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing Anemone cultivars are used, then they may have attractive flowers, but they exhibit significant variation in growth habits and flower colors across different environmental conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selecting and breeding for specific phenotypic parameters (compact growth habit, light purple flower color, single-type flowers) that remain stable across varying environmental conditions. The cultivar 'Cinderella' was selected from a cross between Anemone hupehensis and A. hupehensis 'Diana' specifically for its consistent expression of these traits regardless of environmental variations, thus resolving the contradiction between trait stability and environmental adaptability.
2Productivity
If larger Anemone plants are grown to produce more flowers, then flower quantity increases, but plant size and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating a cultivar with non-uniform distribution of flowering capacity throughout the plant structure. The 'Cinderella' cultivar produces numerous flowers (high productivity) on a compact plant form (limited height), achieving high flower density in the available space rather than requiring large overall plant size. This is accomplished through selective breeding for a growth habit that maximizes flowering potential within a constrained vertical dimension.
3Length of stationary object
If Anemone plants are bred for compact growth habit, then plant size decreases, but flowering capacity may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by creating a cultivar where the relationship between plant size and flowering capacity is decoupled. The 'Cinderella' cultivar exhibits a dynamic growth pattern that maintains compact dimensions while simultaneously supporting high flowering capacity through efficient resource allocation to reproductive structures. The plant dynamically balances vegetative and reproductive growth to achieve both compactness and productivity.
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AI summary
A new and distinct cultivar of Anemone plant named ‘Cinderella’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; single-type flowers that are light purple in color; and good garden performance.