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SHIMRV24

Rose of Sharon

Denomination: 'SHIMRV24'
Trade name: Lil' Kim Violet
Botanical Name: Hibiscus syriacus
Applicant/Holder: Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc.
12601 120th Avenue
Grand Haven, Michigan
49417
United States of America
Breeder: Shim Kyung-Ku, Republic of Korea
Agent in Canada: BioFlora Inc.
38723 Fingal Line
R.R. #1
St. Thomas, Ontario
N5P 3S5
Canada
Tel: 519-317-7511
Application Date: 2012-08-10
Application Number: 12-7695
Date Withdrawn: 2020-01-15

Variety Description

Varieties used for comparison: 'Aphrodite' and 'ILVO347' (Orchid Satin)

Summary: The growth habit of the plants of 'SHIMRV24' is upright whereas the growth habit of 'Aphrodite' is semi-upright and the growth habit of 'ILVO347' is semi-upright to spreading. The plants of 'SHIMRV24' are shorter than those of 'Aphrodite'. The leaf blade of 'SHIMRV24' is smaller than the leaf blade of 'Aphrodite' and wider than the leaf blade of 'ILVO347'. The upper side of the leaf blade of 'SHIMRR38' is dark green whereas the leaf blade of 'Aphrodite' is light to medium green and that of 'ILVO347' is medium green. The pedicel of 'SHIMRV24' is longer than the pedicel of 'Aphrodite' and shorter than the pedicel of 'ILVO347'. The flower diameter of 'SHIMRV24' is smaller than that of 'ILVO347'. The petal of 'SHIMRV24' is shorter than the petal of 'ILVO347' and narrower than that of both reference varieties. The inner side of the petal of 'SHIMRV24' is violet with darker violet tones whereas the petal of 'Aphrodite' is lighter violet with darker blue pink tones and the petal of 'ILVO347' is light blue violet with darker blue violet tones. The extensions of the eye zone on the inner side of the petal of 'SHIMRV24' are short while those of 'ILVO347' are medium to long.

Description:

PLANT: upright growth habit, dense branching
CURRENT-YEAR-SHOOT: greenish

LEAF BLADE: length to width ratio is slightly elongated, broadly acute to obtuse base, dark green on upper side, shallow lobing, medium degree of undulation of margin, medium number of incisions of margin, no variegation

FLOWER: single type
OUTERMOST PETAL: strongly to moderately ascending attitude, moderately overlapping arrangement
PETAL: moderately elongated, mainly violet (RHS N80C, N81C) with darker violet (RHS N78A) tones on inner side, absent or very weak incisions of margin, weak undulation
EYE ZONE: medium sized relative to petal, short extensions, dark purple red (RHS 59A)

Origin & Breeding History: 'SHIMRV24' originated from a cross conducted by the breeder, Kyung-Ku Shim, in Suwon, South Korea. The cross was made in July 2002 between the Hibiscus syriacus variety 'Antong Two', as the female parent, and the Hibiscus variety 'Busae', as the male parent. From the resulting progeny, 'SHIMRV24' was selected in July 2008 based on its dwarf habit, flower colour and appearance and dark green foliage. 'SHIMRV24' was first asexually propagated by softwood cuttings and grafting in June 2009 in Suwon, South Korea.

Tests & Trials: The comparative trial of 'SHIMRV24' was conducted in an outdoor irrigated container trial during the spring and summer of 2018, at BioFlora Inc., in St. Thomas, Ontario. The trial included a total of 12 shrubs each of the candidate and reference variety. All shrubs were grown from 5.7 cm liners, planted into 9 litre containers on July 19, 2017. The plants were overwintered in an un-heated polyhouse. The observations and measurements were taken from 10 plants, or parts of plants, of each variety on July 11, 2018. All colour determinations were made using the 2007 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart.


Comparison tables for 'SHIMRV24' with reference varieties 'Aphrodite' and 'ILVO347'

Plant height (cm)

  'SHIMRV24' 'Aphrodite' 'ILVO347'
mean 46.1 73.4 44.8
std. deviation 7.96 10.28 4.77

Leaf blade length (cm)

  'SHIMRV24' 'Aphrodite' 'ILVO347'
mean 5.24 7.34 5.43
std. deviation 0.50 0.42 0.85

Leaf blade width (cm)

  'SHIMRV24' 'Aphrodite' 'ILVO347'
mean 3.13 4.59 2.15
std. deviation 0.33 0.47 0.32

Pedicel length (cm)

  'SHIMRV24' 'Aphrodite' 'ILVO347'
mean 1.26 0.98 2.81
std. deviation 0.22 0.13 0.55

Flower diameter (cm)

  'SHIMRV24' 'Aphrodite' 'ILVO347'
mean 8.73 9.87 12.3
std. deviation 0.64 0.66 0.37

Petal length (cm)

  'SHIMRV24' 'Aphrodite' 'ILVO347'
mean 5.52 6.0 6.35
std. deviation 0.37 0.38 0.24

Petal width (cm)

  'SHIMRV24' 'Aphrodite' 'ILVO347'
mean 3.67 4.77 4.62
std. deviation 0.30 0.46 0.32

Colour of petal (RHS)

  'SHIMRV24' 'Aphrodite' 'ILVO347'
inner side N80C, N81C with darker N78A tones darker than 75B with darker N74C tones 76B-C with darker than 76A tones

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Rose of Sharon: 'SHIMRV24' (left) with reference varieties 'Aphrodite' (centre) and 'ILVO347' (right)

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Rose of Sharon: 'SHIMRV24' (left) with reference varieties 'Aphrodite' (centre) and 'ILVO347' (right)

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Rose of Sharon: 'SHIMRV24' (left) with reference varieties 'Aphrodite' (centre) and 'ILVO347' (right)

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