Coreopsis Super Star Cultivar Continuous Blooming and Compact Growth
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Coreopsis cultivars lack continuous blooming throughout the summer and optimal growth habits, with most varieties not exhibiting the desired combination of light yellow inflorescences, medium green foliage, and compact, mounded growth.
Innovation Solution
The development of the Coreopsis hybrid cultivar 'Super Star' through controlled breeding, characterized by large light yellow inflorescences with a burgundy-red eye zone, medium green foliage, and a moderately vigorous, compact-mounded growth habit, achieved through open-pollination and asexual reproduction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing Coreopsis cultivars are used, then they are commercially available and easy to obtain, but they lack continuous blooming throughout the summer and do not exhibit the desired combination of light yellow inflorescences, medium green foliage, and compact mounded growth
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selectively breeding Coreopsis plants to modify specific traits: extending the blooming period from seasonal to continuous through summer, changing inflorescence color to light yellow with burgundy-red eye zone, and establishing a compact-mounded growth habit. These parameter modifications create a cultivar that reliably exhibits the desired combination of characteristics throughout the growing season.
2Shape
If Coreopsis cultivars with desired flower characteristics are selected, then they have light yellow inflorescences with burgundy-red eye zone, but they lack compact-mounded growth habit and continuous blooming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple desirable traits into a single cultivar: light yellow inflorescences with burgundy-red eye zone, compact-mounded growth habit, and continuous blooming capability. By combining these previously separate characteristics into one plant variety, the invention achieves both aesthetic appeal and extended productivity throughout the summer season.
3Area of moving object
If Coreopsis cultivars with larger inflorescences are chosen, then they have more prominent flowers, but they have fewer ray florets and smaller leaves compared to similar cultivars
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating inflorescences with a distinctive burgundy-red eye zone at the center, surrounded by light yellow ray florets. This localized color differentiation enhances the visual prominence of the inflorescence while maintaining a controlled number of ray florets, achieving aesthetic impact without requiring excessive flower parts.
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AI summary
A new and distinct cultivar of Coreopsis plant named ‘Super Star’, characterized by its large single-type, light yellow-colored inflorescences having a burgundy-red colored eye zone, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.