54. Volume 12- Number 4 - IP Australia
54. Volume 12- Number 4 - IP Australia
54. Volume 12- Number 4 - IP Australia
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PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1999 VOL <strong>12</strong> NO. 4<br />
LAVENDER<br />
Lavandula stoechas ssp pedunculata<br />
‘Willowbridge Wings’<br />
Application No: 98/043 Accepted: 17 Apr 1998.<br />
Applicant: Willowbridge Perennials, Tuakau, New<br />
Zealand.<br />
Agent: Greenhills Propagation Nursery, Tynong, VIC.<br />
Characteristics (Table 29, Figure 24) Plant: semi upright<br />
aromatic shrub, size medium to tall. Stem: upright,<br />
pubescent. Leaf: opposite, decussate, size long (mean<br />
65.9mm), width narrow (mean 4.9mm), shape linear,<br />
mostly straight, margin entire, recurved, acute apex, base<br />
sessile, leaf colour green RHS 78B, pubescence strong,<br />
aromatic. Inflorescence: spike, peduncle mean length<br />
69.30mm, peduncle colour greyed-green RHS 195B. Spike:<br />
mean length 25.20mm, mean width 16.50mm. Flower:<br />
colour purple RHS 78B. Terminal bract: length long (mean<br />
44.70mm) width narrow (mean 7.40mm), shape linear,<br />
margin undulating, colour green-white RHS 157B. (Note:<br />
all RHS colour chart numbers refer to 1995 edition.)<br />
Origin and Breeding Open Pollination followed by<br />
seedling selection: ‘Willowbridge Wings’ arose as the result<br />
of a single cycle of seedling selection from open pollinated<br />
‘Willowbridge White’ A at applicant’s property in New<br />
Zealand. Selection criteria: plant form, growth habit and<br />
flower colour. Propagation: vegetative through at least 5<br />
generations. Breeder: W R and L C Young, Willowbridge<br />
Perennials, Tuakau, New Zealand.<br />
Choice of Comparators ‘Willowbridge White’ A was<br />
chosen because it is the seed parent and is considered to be<br />
similar to ‘Willowbridge Wings’. ‘Marshwood’ A was<br />
chosen because it is suspected as a pollen source.<br />
Comparative Trial Comparator: ‘Willowbridge White’ A ,<br />
‘Marshwood’ A . Location: Tynong North, VIC, winterspring<br />
1999. Conditions: trial conducted in an open field,<br />
plants propagated from cutting, rooted cuttings planted into<br />
140mm pots filed with soilless potting mix (pine bark base),<br />
nutrition maintained with slow release fertilisers, pest and<br />
disease treatments applied as required. Trial design: ten pots<br />
of each variety arranged in a completely randomised design.<br />
Measurements: from thirty plants at random. One sample<br />
per plant.<br />
Prior Applications and Sales<br />
Country Year Current Status Name Applied<br />
New Zealand 1998 Applied ‘Willowbridge Wings’<br />
First sold in New Zealand in Nov 1996.<br />
Description: Mark Lunghusen, Croydon, VIC.<br />
Table 29 Lavandula varieties<br />
‘Willowbridge *‘Willowbridge*‘Marshwood’ A<br />
Wings’ White’ A<br />
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PEDUNCLE LENGTH (mm)<br />
mean 69.3 70.2 92.7<br />
std deviation <strong>12</strong>.54 7.69 11.67<br />
LSD/sig 11.29 P≤0.01 P≤0.01<br />
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SPIKE LENGTH (mm)<br />
mean 25.20 26.60 24.70<br />
std deviation 2.25 3.27 1.83<br />
LSD/sig 3.39 ns ns<br />
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SPIKE WIDTH (mm)<br />
mean 16.5 14.20 13.70<br />
std deviation 1.43 1.03 1.34<br />
LSD/sig 1.59 P≤0.01 P≤0.01<br />
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SPIKE LENGTH/WIDTH RATIO<br />
mean 1.53 1.88 1.82<br />
std deviation 0.16 0.26 0.27<br />
LSD/sig 0.25 P≤0.01 P≤0.01<br />
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TERMINAL BRACT LENGTH (mm)<br />
mean 44.70 18.60 35.40<br />
std deviation 3.62 1.71 4.88<br />
LSD/sig 4.68 P≤0.01 P≤0.01<br />
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TERMINAL BRACT WIDTH (mm)<br />
mean 7.40 11.20 7.20<br />
std deviation 1.26 2.04 1.48<br />
LSD/sig 2.19 P≤0.01 ns<br />
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TERMINAL BRACT LENGTH/WIDTH RATIO<br />
mean 6.22 1.71 5.23<br />
std deviation 1.31 0.37 1.93<br />
LSD/sig 1.91 P≤0.01 ns<br />
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LEAF LENGTH (mm)<br />
mean 65.90 31.50 51.30<br />
std deviation 6.40 4.70 3.47<br />
LSD/sig 5.59 P≤0.01 P≤0.01<br />
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LEAF WIDTH (mm)<br />
mean 4.90 5.50 3.90<br />
std deviation 0.32 1.08 0.32<br />
LSD/sig 0.87 P≤0.01 P≤0.01<br />
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LEAF LENGTH/WIDTH RATIO<br />
mean 13.54 6.10 13.27<br />
std deviation 1.92 2.33 1.77<br />
LSD/sig 2.76 P≤0.01 ns<br />
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LEAF COLOUR (RHS)<br />
green green green<br />
141B 138A 137C<br />
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FLOWER COLOUR (RHS)<br />
purple violet purple<br />
78B 83A 79A<br />
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TERMINAL BRACT COLOUR (RHS)<br />
green-white white red-purple<br />
157B 155B 74B<br />
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