Coleus plant named ‘Balsoleazl’

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Coleus plant named ‘Balsoleazl’, characterized by its medium greyed-orange, purplish-red, green, and brown multicolored foliage, and moderately vigorous, upright-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.

Claims

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Coleus plant named ‘Balsoleazl’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

(1) The accompanying photographs show, as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in color illustrations of this type, the overall growth habit and typical foliage characteristics of the new cultivar. Colors in the photographs differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed description, which accurately describes the colors of ‘Balsoleazl’. The plants were approximately 4-months old. The plants were grown in 3-gallon containers for approximately 10 weeks in an outdoor nursery in West Chicago, Ill. Plants were pinched once, four weeks prior to transplant.

(2) FIG. 1 illustrates a side view of the overall growth habit of ‘Balsoleazl’.

(3) FIG. 2 illustrates a close-up view of an individual leaf of ‘Balsoleazl’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

(4) The new cultivar has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions to date. Accordingly, it is possible that the phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in the environment, such as temperature, light intensity, and day length, without, however, any variance in genotype.

(5) The chart used in the identification of colors described herein is The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London, England, 2015 edition, except where general color terms of ordinary significance are used. The color values were determined in August 2021 under natural light conditions in Naperville, Ill.

(6) The following descriptions and measurements describe approximately 4-month-old plants produced from cuttings from stock plants and grown under conditions comparable to those used in commercial practice. The plants were grown in 3-gallon containers for approximately 10 weeks in an outdoor nursery in West Chicago, Ill. Plants were given one pinch, four weeks prior to transplant. Prior to transplant plants were grown in a polycarbonate greenhouse in West Chicago, Ill. Greenhouse temperatures were maintained at approximately 70° F. to 85° F. (21° C. to 29° C.) during the day and approximately 60° F. to 70° F. (16° C. to 21° C.) during the night. Supplemental lighting was used during propagation stage. Measurements and numerical values represent averages of typical plants. Botanical classification: Solenostemon scutellarioides ‘Balsoleazl’. Parentage: Female and male parent.—Proprietary Solenostemon scutellarioides breeding line coded COL-1156-02, not patented. Propagation: Type cutting.—Terminal stem. Time to initiate roots.—Approximately 4 to 6 days. Time to produce a rooted cutting.—Approximately 14 to 21 days. Root description.—Fibrous. Rooting habit.—Freely branching. Plant description: Commercial crop time.—Approximately 5 to 7 weeks from a rooted cutting to finish in a 10 cm pot. Growth habit and general appearance.—Moderately vigorous, upright-mounded. Size.—Height from soil level to top of plant plane: Approximately 43.0 cm. Width: Approximately 65.0 cm. Branching habit.—Freely branching, pinching not required but improves basal branching. Quantity of lateral branches per plant: Approximately 10 main branches with lateral branches potentially forming at every node. Branch.—Strength: Moderately strong. Shape: Square in cross section. Length of lateral branch: Approximately 38.0 cm. Diameter of lateral branch at central internode: Approximately 7.0 mm to 1.0 cm. Length of central internode of lateral branch: Approximately 7.0 cm. Texture: Dense minute pubescence. Color of young and mature stems: 146C to 146D. Foliage description: General description.—Quantity of leaves per lateral branch: Approximately 14. Fragrance: None. Form: Simple. Arrangement: Opposite. Leaves.—Aspect: Petiole is at an acute angle to stem; leaf blade is perpendicular to stem, and transitions to an obtuse angle with age. Appearance: Matte. Shape: Ovate. Margin: Lobed, crinkled. Apex: Obtuse. Base: Cordate. Venation pattern: Pinnate. Length of mature leaf: Approximately 7.5 cm. Width of mature leaf: Approximately 5.5 cm. Texture of upper surface: Bullate, densely pubescent with a mixture of 71A and colorless pubescence. Texture of lower surface: Sparsely pubescent with densely pubescent venation. Color of upper surface of young and mature foliage: 170B with center of 186B to 186C and irregular mottling of 137A and N199B to N199C, margins of 144A and 155A; venation of 186A or indistinguishable from leaf lamina. Color of lower surface of young and mature foliage: 138B with venation of 4D. Petiole.—Length: Approximately 4.0 cm. Width: Approximately 3.0 mm. Texture: Densely pubescent. Color: Closest to 4D. Flowering description: To date, flower development has not been observed on plants of the new Coleus. Disease and pest resistance: To date, resistance to pathogens and pests common to Coleus has not been observed.