Buddleia Balchryeel Compact Growth Habit and Flower Density
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Buddleia plants lack a compact, mounding, and freely branching growth habit with numerous flowers and a remontant flowering habit, which are desirable traits for horticultural applications.
Innovation Solution
The development of a new Buddleia plant, 'Balchryeel', resulting from a cross-pollination between Buddleia davidii 'Lavender Cascade' and a proprietary selection of Buddleia hybrida, exhibiting a compact, upright, and outwardly spreading growth habit, with dark green leaves and long conical inflorescences bearing numerous bright violet-colored flowers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If existing Buddleia plants are used, then they have established growth habits and flower production, but they lack the desired compact, mounding, and freely branching growth habit with numerous flowers and remontant flowering habit
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selectively breeding Buddleia plants to modify growth habit parameters (compactness, branching pattern, plant form) while simultaneously optimizing flowering parameters (flower number, remontance). The breeding program specifically selected for plants exhibiting a compact, mounding form with free branching and numerous flowers, thereby changing the physical and physiological parameters of the plant to achieve the desired combination of shape and productivity
2Shape
If a compact, mounding growth habit is achieved, then the plant form is improved, but the number of flowers and branching freedom may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating a plant with heterogeneous characteristics: the overall plant form is compact and mounding, while simultaneously maintaining freely branching habits and numerous flower production. Different parts of the plant exhibit different qualities - the plant architecture is controlled for compactness while the branching and flowering zones are optimized for high flower production, allowing both contradictory traits to coexist
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AI summary
A new and distinct cultivar of Buddleia plant named ‘Balchryeel’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; dark green-colored leaves; and relatively long conical inflorescences with numerous bright violet-colored flowers.