<i>Verbena </i>plant named ‘VEAZ0063’

Abstract

A new Verbena plant named ‘VEAZ0063’ particularly distinguished by medium sized inflorescences, medium sized flowers, that are white, medium green, undivided leaves, and a much branched, trailing plant habit.

Claims

1. A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant named ‘VEAZ0063’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

(1) The accompanying photographic drawings show typical flower and foliage characteristics of ‘VEAZ0063’ with colors being as true as possible with an illustration of this type.

(2) The photographic drawing in FIG. 1 shows a close view of an inflorescence of the new plant, and in

(3) FIG. 2 a whole flowering plant.

(4) The aforementioned photographs were taken in late May 2018 in Andijk, The Netherlands. The plants were about 10 weeks old and were grown in 11 cm pots.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

(5) Color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart (R.H.S.) 2001.

(6) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NEW VARIETY ‘VEAZ0063’ AND A MOST SIMILAR VARIETY ‘Lanai White’ (formerly EU-PBR No. 2013/2679 described under ‘VEAZ0063’ ‘VEA20022’) Flowering time: Very early Early Plant shape: Much branched Somewhat open plant habit Plant: Form, growth and habit.—Herbaceous, initially upright, then outwardly spreading; vigorous and free-branching. Plant height.—14 cm. Plant height (inflorescence included).—18.5 cm. Plant width.—26 cm. Roots: Number of days to initiate and produce roots.—11-14 days at about 22 degrees C. Type.—Fine, fibrous, free branching. Color.—N155B but whiter. Foliage: Arrangement.—Opposite, simple. Immature, leaf color, upper surface.—RHS 137C. Immature, leaf color, lower surface.—RHS 137D. Mature, leaf color, upper surface.—RHS 137B. Mature, leaf color, lower surface.—RHS 137C. Length.—3.1 cm. Width.—2.1-2.3 cm. Shape.—Lanceolate. Base shape.—Hastate. Apex shape.—Acute. Margin.—Serrate. Texture, upper surface.—Hirsute. Texture, lower surface.—Hirsute. Color of veins, upper surface.—RHS 138A. Color of veins, lower surface.—RHS 137A. Pattern of veining.—Pinnate. Petiole color.—RHS 137A. Petiole length.—1 cm. Petiole width.—0.3 cm. Texture.—Hirsute. Stem: Branching characteristics.—Makes branches on every node. Quantity of main branches per plant.—6-12. Color of stem.—RHS 137B. Stem length.—About 12 to 15 cm. Stem width.—About 0.4 cm. Length of internodes.—2-3 cm. Texture.—Hirsute. Color of peduncle.—RHS 137B. Length of peduncle.—About 2-2.2 cm. Peduncle diameter.—0.2 cm. Texture.—Canescent. Inflorescence: Type.—Umbel-like, but actually a spike, umbrella-shaped, large. Blooming habit.—Flowers continuously through the summer months. Lastingness of individual blooms on the plant.—About 4 days in the greenhouse. Fragrance.—None. Number of inflorescences per plant.—36 to 38 at various stages. Horizontal diameter of inflorescence.—About 4.6 cm. Depth of inflorescence.—2.7 cm. Number of florets per inflorescence (including any buds at the time).—16-25. Bud (just when opening/showing color): Color.—Whiter than RHS 155B. Length.—0.4 cm. Width.—0.4 cm. Shape.—Tubular with a bulbous end. Floret: Form.—Sessile; salver-shape, composed of 5 partly fused petals with a base of a narrow tube. Immature color, upper surface.—Whiter than RHS 155B. Immature color, lower surface.—Whiter than RHS 155B. Mature color, upper surface.—Whiter than RHS 155B. Mature color, lower surface.—Whiter than RHS 155B. Floret diameter.—1.8-2 cm. Floret length (depth).—1.8-2 cm. Number of petals.—Gamopetalous, 5 lobed. Petal length.—10-11 mm. Petal width.—7-8 mm. Shape.—Obcordate. Apex shape.—Emarginate. Margin.—Entire. Petal texture, upper surface.—Smooth. Petal texture, lower surface.—Papillose. Corolla tube length.—1.3 cm. Corolla tube width.—0.2 cm. Corolla tube color inside.—RHS N157A. Tube color outside.—RHS N157A. Corolla texture, inside.—Papillose. Corolla texture, outside.—Glabrous. Throat hair color.—RHS 155A. Calyx: Type.—Five sepals whose margins are fused to each other along their length, with a transparent membrane of less than 0.1 cm in width and with one smaller sepal attached to the base of the calyx. Color of sepals.—RHS 139D with RHS 139C edges. Length of sepals.—1.2 cm. Width of sepals.—0.25 cm. Sepal shape.—Linear, but fused. Apex shape.—Acute. Margins.—Entire. Texture.—Densely covered with short hair. Reproductive organs: Gynoecium.— Pistil.—1. Pistil length.—1.3 cm. Style color.—RHS N144D. Style length.—1.5 cm. Stigma color.—RHS 144A. Ovary color.—RHS 144B. Ovary length.—0.22 cm. Ovary width.—0.1 cm. Androecium.— Stamens.—Anthers and filaments fused to upper half of corolla tube; four anthers with two pollen sacs per anther. Color of filaments.—RHS 151B. Filament length.—0.25 cm. Anther color.—RHS 151B. Anther length.—0.15 cm. Pollen amount.—None observed. Fertility/seed set: Neither seed nor fruit production has been observed. Disease/pest resistance: Resistance to pathogens and pests common to Verbena has not been observed.