Lavandula Silver Dark Anouk Cultivar with Silvery Grey Leaves
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Lavandula stoechas cultivars lack compact and upright growth habits, reblooming capability, and distinct leaf and flower coloration, which limits their aesthetic appeal and garden performance.
Innovation Solution
A new Lavandula stoechas cultivar, 'Silver Dark Anouk', is developed through asexual reproduction of a naturally occurring branch mutation of 'Anouk Deluxe 173', characterized by silvery grey leaves, dark purple flowers, and dark purplish red terminal flower bracts, offering a compact, freely branching, and long-flowering habit with reblooming capability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If conventional Lavandula stoechas cultivars are used, then they have established growth habits and flowering, but they lack compact and upright growth habits, reblooming capability, and distinct leaf and flower coloration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selecting and propagating a naturally occurring branch mutation that exhibits altered phenotypic parameters including silvery grey leaf coloration, dark purple flower color, dark purplish red terminal bracts, and compact upright growth habit. This mutation represents a natural parameter change that distinguishes the new cultivar from conventional Lavandula stoechas varieties.
Solution Approach 2:
The new cultivar exhibits local quality differences in specific plant parts: silvery grey coloration of leaves, dark purple coloration of flowers, and dark purplish red coloration of terminal bracts. These localized color variations create distinct aesthetic qualities that improve garden performance and visual appeal compared to conventional cultivars.
2Stability of the object's composition
If asexual reproduction of the branch mutation is performed, then stable and true-to-type unique features are reproduced, but the cultivar must be distinguished from the mutation parent and existing cultivars
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes color changes as a distinguishing feature by documenting the specific coloration of the new cultivar: silvery grey leaves, dark purple flowers, and dark purplish red terminal bracts. These color characteristics provide clear visual distinction from the mutation parent 'Anouk Deluxe 173' and existing cultivars like 'Silver Anouk' and 'Anouk Deluxe 169', while being stable through asexual reproduction.
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AI summary
A new and distinct cultivar of Lavandula plant named ‘Silver Dark Anouk’, characterized by its compact, upright to somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; silvery grey-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; dark purple-colored flowers and dark purplish red-colored terminal flower bracts positioned on strong and erect peduncles; long flowering period; and good garden performance.