Breg14

Hydrangea

Variety Description

Varieties used for comparison: 'Dharuma' and 'Bokratorch'

Summary: The leaf blade of 'Breg14' is elliptic with shallow incisions along the margin while the leaf blade of 'Dharuma' is ovate with very shallow to shallow incisions along the margin. The plants begin flowering early for 'Breg14' while those of 'Dharuma' and 'Bokratorch' begin flowering very early to early. The inflorescence shape of 'Breg14' is flattened while that of 'Bokratorch' is conical. The fertile flowers of the inflorescence of 'Breg14' are moderately conspicuous while those of 'Dharuma' are very conspicuous.

Description:

PLANT: non-climbing type, semi-upright growth habit, very short natural height including inflorescence
STEM: no fasciation, brownish, absent or few lenticels in autumn, white lenticels

LEAF BLADE: short to medium length, narrow, no lobing, elliptic shape, short tip, obtuse base, shallow incisions along margin, no variegation, weak blistering
LEAF BLADE (UPPER SIDE): dark green, no secondary colour, absent or weak degree of glossiness

FLOWERING: begins early
INFLORESCENCE: flattened shape, very short to short, small to medium diameter, moderately conspicuous fertile flowers, irregular arrangement of sterile flowers
STERILE FLOWER: small to medium diameter, single type, weak degree of overlapping of sepals, incisions of margin absent on all sepals
SEPAL OF STERILE FLOWER (INNER SIDE): mainly light green (RHS 157B), no secondary colour
FERTILE FLOWER: white petals

Origin & Breeding History: 'Breg14' originated from an open pollinated cross that was discovered and developed by the breeder, Arie Jacobus Bregman, in Benthuizen, the Netherlands. The cross occurred in 2006 among plants of the Hydrangea paniculata variety 'Dharuma', with the exact male parent being unknown. The new Hydrangea variety 'Breg14' was selected as a unique seedling in 2008, in Hazerswoude Drop, the Netherlands based on growth habit, number of flowers, time of flowering, flower colour and flower shape. It was selected for introduction in 2015.

Tests & Trials: The detailed description of 'Breg14' is based on the UPOV report of Technical Examination, application number 2016/2320, purchased from the Community Plant Variety Office in Angers, France. The trial was conducted by the testing station of the Groupe d'Étude et de Contrôle des Variétés et des Semences in Brion, France, from 2017 to 2018. The colour determinations were made using the 2015 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart.

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Hydrangea: 'Breg14'

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Hydrangea: 'Breg14'