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Plant Variety Journal - IP Australia

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Most Similar Varieties of Common Knowledge identified (VCK)<br />

Name Comments<br />

‘Free and Easy’ ‘Free and Easy’ was chosen as a climbing variety with medium green leaves and<br />

white standard petals.<br />

‘Bliss’ ‘Bliss’ was chosen as a climbing variety with medium green leaves and purple<br />

standard petals.<br />

<strong>Variety</strong> Description and Distinctness - Characteristics which distinguish the candidate from one or<br />

more of the comparators are marked with a tick.<br />

Organ/<strong>Plant</strong> Part: Context ‘Mystic Marvel’ ‘Bliss’ ‘Free and Easy’<br />

<strong>Plant</strong>: growth habit<br />

spreading or<br />

climbing<br />

spreading or<br />

climbing<br />

spreading or<br />

climbing<br />

Stem: anthocyanin colouration strong very weak very weak<br />

Stem: twining strong strong weak<br />

Stem: tendrils absent absent absent<br />

Young leaf: intensity of anthocyanin<br />

colouration<br />

weak very weak very weak<br />

Young leaf: colour (including yellow green<br />

anthocyanin colouration) (RHS colour chart) 147A<br />

yellow green<br />

146A<br />

yellow green<br />

146A<br />

Petiole: length medium medium medium<br />

Leaf: length medium medium medium to long<br />

Leaf: width medium medium medium<br />

Leaf: shape lanceolate lanceolate lanceolate<br />

Leaf: colour of upper side medium green medium green medium green<br />

Leaf: colour of upper side (RHS colour<br />

chart)<br />

Inflorescence: position on flowering<br />

stem<br />

yellow green<br />

147A<br />

yellow green<br />

147A<br />

yellow green<br />

147A<br />

axillary axillary axillary<br />

Inflorescence: attitude erect erect<br />

horizontal to<br />

drooping<br />

Inflorescence: length short short long to very long<br />

Inflorescence: number of flowers medium few to medium many<br />

Bud: colour (RHS colour chart) white + violet 83Bviolet 83B white<br />

<strong>Plant</strong> Varieties <strong>Journal</strong> Vol. 21 No.3<br />

Flower: main colour white purple white<br />

Flower: width (broadest part) medium to broad medium to broad broad<br />

Standard petal: shape orbicular orbicular orbicular<br />

Standard petal: main colour (RHS<br />

colour chart)<br />

white +violet 83B violet 83D white<br />

Standard petal: presence of markings present present present<br />

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