Bluette Frill Pink

Petunia

Variety Description

Variety used for comparison: 'MP7' (Tiny Tunia Pink)

Summary: 'Bluette Frill Pink' has a slightly darker violet corolla colour than 'MP7'. The veins on the inner side of the corolla lobe and tube of 'Bluette Frill Pink' are more conspicuous and a redder purple than in 'MP7'. 'Bluette Frill Pink' has a shorter corolla tube than 'MP7'. The anther of 'Bluette Frill Pink' is yellowish white while it is light grey in 'MP7'.

Description:

PLANT: upright to creeping growth habit, short height
SHOOT: thin, short, absent or very weak anthocyanin colouration

LEAF: elliptic to round shape, broad acute apex, no variegation, medium green, no blistering

SEPAL: linear shape, no anthocyanin colouration
FLOWER: single type, funnelform shape
COROLLA LOBE: violet on inner side, moderately conspicuous red/purple veins on inner side
COROLLA TUBE: white inner side, moderately conspicuous veins on inner side, yellowish white anthers

Origin & Breeding History: In 1998, a cross between a female parent 'Blue Purple' and an un-named selection as the male parent was conducted in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The seedlings were grown out in a trial and evaluated as a vegetative cutting line. The final selection was made in 1999. Selection criteria included small flowers, multi branching, vigorous growth habit, and reliable cutting propagation and cutting stability.

Tests & Trials: Trials were conducted during the summer of 2007 in Oxford Station, Ontario. Fifteen plants of each variety were individually grown in 15 cm pots in a poly house.

Comparison tables for 'Bluette Frill Pink' with reference variety 'MP7'

Corolla colour of inner side (RHS)

Corolla tube length (mm)

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Petunia: 'Bluette Frill Pink' (left) with reference variety 'MP7' (right)