Plant Variety Journal - IP Australia

Details of Application
Application Number 2006/038
Variety Name ‘LIRF’
Genus Species Liriope muscari
Common Name Lilyturf
Synonym Nil
Accepted Date 24 Mar 2006
Applicant Ozbreed Pty Ltd, Clarendon, NSW
Agent N/A
Qualified Person Ian Paananen
Details of Comparative Trial
Location Clarendon, NSW.
Descriptor General Descriptor (for plant varieties with no descriptor
available) PBR GEN DES.
Period Oct 2007 – Jan 2008.
Conditions Trial conducted in open beds, plants propagated from
cuttings, planted into 200mm pots filled with soilless potting
mix, nutrition maintained with slow release and liquid
fertilisers, irrigation by overhead watering, pest and disease
treatments not required.
Trial Design Fifteen pots of each variety arranged in a completely
randomised design.
Measurements From ten plants at random.
RHS Chart - edition 1995.
Origin and Breeding
Seedling selection: seed parent ‘Big Blue’. The seed parent is characterised by a broad
leaf width and a light violet coloured flower. Approximately 20,000 seedlings were
grown in 2002 and then 600 grown on in the ground. In 2003 7 plants were selected as
having desirable traits including narrow leaf width and dense growth habit. Finally in
2005 one of these plants was selected due to its narrow leaf width combined with pink
flower colour and dense growth habit. Selection took place in Clarendon, NSW.
Selection criteria: narrow leaf width, dense growth habit, pink flower colour.
Propagation: vegetative, micropropagation and division is found to be uniform and
stable. Breeder: Todd Layt, Clarendon, NSW.
Choice of Comparators Characteristics used for grouping varieties to identify the most similar
Variety of Common Knowledge
Organ/Plant Part Context State of Expression in Group of Varieties
Plant height medium
Leaf presence of variegation absent
Flower colour light violet to light purple
Most Similar Varieties of Common Knowledge identified (VCK)
Name Comments
‘Samantha’
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Plant Varieties Journal Vol. 21 No.3