<i>Petunia </i>plant named ‘PEHY0059’

Abstract

A new Petunia plant named ‘PEHY0059’ particularly distinguished by its medium to small sized, light yellow flowers with red eye that changes color when aging, medium early flowering and a mounding to semi trailing plant habit.

Claims

1. A new and distinct variety of Petunia plant named ‘PEHY0059’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

(1) The accompanying photographic drawings show typical flower and foliage characteristics of ‘PEHY0059’ with colors being as true as possible with an illustration of this type.

(2) The photographic drawings show in FIG. 1 a flowering plant of the new variety and in

(3) FIG. 2 a close-up of the flowers.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

(4) The aforementioned photographs were taken in May 2020 from plants growing indoor in 12 cm pots in Andijk, The Netherlands. These plants were approximately 12 weeks of age.

(5) The plant descriptions and measurements were taken in September 2021 in Enkhuizen, The Netherlands on approximately 12 week old plants that were growing in containers.

(6) Color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart (RHS) 2001.

(7) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NEW VARIETY ‘PEHY0059’ AND A SIMILAR VARIETY ‘Aurora Banana Candy’ (not PEHY0059’ patented) Flower color Rather big colored Small colored pattern: eye of flower eye Flower colour Yellow color of Stable yellow stability: young flower fading flower color into soft yellow Flower size: Small to medium size Medium size Plant: Form, growth and habit.—Mounding to spreading plant habit. Plant height.—20 cm. Plant height (inflorescence included).—23 cm. Plant diameter (width).—Approximately 29 cm. Roots: Number of days to initiate and produce roots.—16 days at about 22° C. Type.—Fine, fibrous, free branching. Color.—RHS N155D. Foliage: Arrangement.—Alternate, simple; sometimes opposite, decussate. Immature leaf, color upper surface.—RHS 137C. Immature leaf, color lower surface.—RHS 137D. Mature leaf, color upper surface.—RHS 137A. Mature leaf, color lower surface.—RHS 137B. Length.—2-3.5 cm. Width.—1.5-2.0 cm. Shape.—Ovate. Base shape.—Shortly Attenuate. Apex shape.—Acute. Margin.—Entire. Texture, upper surface.—Densely covered with short hair. Lower surface.—Densely covered with short hairs. Color of veins, upper surface.—RHS 137C. Color of veins, lower surface.—RHS 137C. Petiole color.—RHS 137C. Length.—0.2 cm. Diameter.—0.2 cm. Petiole texture.—Densely covered with short hairs. Stem: Quantity of main branches per plant.—4-5. Color of stem.—RHS 137C. Length of stem.—17 cm. Diameter.—0.3 cm. Length of internodes.—2.0-3.0 cm. Texture.—Dense, mostly glandular short hairs. Color of pedicel.—RHS 137C. Length of pedicel.—1.8 cm. Diameter of pedicel.—0.2 cm. Texture of pedicel.—Densely covered with short hairs. Inflorescence: Type.—Flowers solitary in upper leaf axis. Floret type.—Funnel-shaped; 5 lobed petals; fused at base. Blooming habit.—Medium early flowering in greenhouse, flowering throughout the summer months. Quantity of inflorescences per plant.—Approximately 45. Lastingness of individual blooms on the plant.—About 7 days. Fragrance.—Rather strong smell. Bud (just when opening): Color.—RHS 154A at top, 152B towards base. Length.—3.2 cm. Width.—0.6 cm. Shape.—Oblong. Immature inflorescence: Flower horizontal diameter.—3.7 cm. Color petals, upper surface.—RHS 7A, with centre of flower RHS 53B. Color petals, lower surface.—RHS 154C, with a hue of RHS 152C towards tube. Mature flower: Flower horizontal diameter.—4.7 cm. Flower height (vertical).—2.8-3.2 cm. Color upper surface.—RHS 3C, fading into RHS 3D at moment of senescense, with centre of flower RHS 61C, turning into RHS 64B at moment of senescense. Color lower surface.—RHS 145C, with a hue of RHS 152C. Conspicuousness of veins.—Medium, but rather strong on lower surface. Apex shape.—Acuminate. Margin.—Entire. Waviness of margin.—Medium. Petal lobation.—Medium. Petal texture, upper surface.—Smooth. Petal texture, lower surface.—Smooth, occasionally a short hair. Corolla tube color outside.—RHS 60B with veins 142A. Corolla tube color inside.—RHS 178C. Conspicuousness of veins in tube.—Medium to low. Corolla tube length.—2 cm. Corolla tube texture, outside.—Rather dense and short glandular hairs. Corolla tube texture, inside.—Glabrous. Calyx: Color of sepal, upper surface.—RHS 137C. Color of sepal, lower surface.—RHS 137D. Length.—1.4 cm. Width.—0.3 cm. Shape.—Ensiform. Apex shape.—Acute. Base.—Fused. Margins.—Entire. Texture, upper surface.—Densely covered with short glandular hairs. Lower surface.—Densely covered with short glandular hairs. Reproductive organs: Pistil.—1. Length.—2.2 cm. Style color.—RHS 145D. Style length.—1.5 cm. Stigma color.—RHS 142D. Stamens.— Quantity per flower.—5. Color of filaments.—RHS 192D. Length filaments.—1.3 cm. Anther color.—RHS 157A. Anther length.—0.2 cm. Anther shape.—Elliptical. Color of pollen.—RHS 155B. Pollen amount.—Sparse. Fertility/seed set.—Has not been observed on this hybrid. Disease/pest resistance.—Has not been observed on this hybrid.