<i>Verbena </i>plant named ‘VEAZ0062’

Abstract

A new Verbena plant named ‘VEAZ0062’ particularly distinguished by medium sized inflorescences, medium sized red-purple flowers with a large white spot in the middle of the flower, medium green, undivided leaves, and an upright plant habit.

Claims

1. A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant named ‘VEAZ0062’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

(1) The accompanying photographic drawings show typical flower and foliage characteristics of ‘VEAZ0062’ 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 FIG. 2 a whole flowering plant.

(3) The aforementioned photographs were taken in late May 2020 in Andijk, The Netherlands. The plants were about 10 weeks old and were grown in 11 cm pots.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

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

(5) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NEW VARIETY ‘VEAZ0062’ AND A MOST SIMILAR VARIETY ‘VEAZ0062’ ‘VEAZ0025’ (Not patented) Flower color: Red-purple Light red base color Plant vigor: More vigorous Less vigorous Plant: Form, growth and habit.—Herbaceous, initially upright, then outwardly spreading; vigorous and free-branching. Plant height.—14 cm. Plant height (inflorescence included).—18.0 cm. Plant width.—18.5 cm. Roots: Number of days to initiate and produce roots.—1-14 days at about 22 degrees C. Type.—Fine, fibrous, free branching. Color.—RHS N155B but whiter. Foliage: Arrangement.—Opposite, simple. Immature, leaf color, upper surface.—RHS N138B. Immature, leaf color, lower surface.—RHS 138B. Mature, leaf color, upper surface.—RHS 143A. Mature, leaf color, lower surface.—RHS 138A. Length.—3-5 cm. Width.—1.5-2 cm. Shape.—Lanceolate. Base shape.—Hastate. Apex shape.—Acute. Margin.—Dentate. Texture, upper surface.—Hirsute. Texture, lower surface.—Hirsute. Color of veins, upper surface.—RHS 138B. Color of veins, lower surface.—RHS 144C. Pattern of veining.—Pinnate. Petiole color.—144C. Petiole length.—0.2-0.3 cm. Petiole width.—0.2 cm. Texture.—Hirsute. Stem: Branching characteristics.—Makes branches on every node. Number of main branches per plant.—5-8. Color of stem.—RHS 138B. Stem length.—12 cm. Stem width.—0.4 cm. Length of internodes.—2-3 cm. Texture.—Hirsute. Color of peduncle.—RHS 138B. Length of peduncle.—1.8 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.—10-14 at various stages. Horizontal diameter of inflorescence.—4-5 cm. Depth of inflorescence.—2.7 cm. Number of florets per inflorescence (including any buds at the time).—13-24. Bud (just when opening/showing color): Color.—RHS 71A. Length.—0.3 cm. Width.—0.3 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.—RHS 71A, but darker; with a white ring RHS N155A at the base, coloring to RHS 154C into corolla tube. Immature color, lower surface.—RHS 72B fading to RHS 77D at the base. Mature color, upper surface.—RHS 71A, but darker; with a white ring RHS N155A at the base, coloring to RHS 154C into corolla tube. Mature color, lower surface.—RHS 72B fading to RHS 77D at the base. Floret diameter.—1.8-2 cm. Floret length (depth).—2.2 cm. Number of petals.—Gamopetalous, 5 lobed. Petal length.—0.8-1 cm. Petal width.—0.8 cm. Shape.—Obcordate. Apex shape.—Emarginate. Margin.—Entire. Petal texture, upper surface.—Smooth. Petal texture, lower surface.—Papillose. Corolla tube length.—1.7 cm. Corolla tube width.—0.2 cm. Corolla tube color inside.—RHS 157A. Tube color outside.—RHS 194D. 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 138B, striped RHS 138A. Length of sepals.—1-1.2 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.—1.2 cm. Style color.—RHS 144A. Style length.—1.5 cm. Stigma color.—RHS 144A. Ovary color.—RHS 144B. Ovary length.—0.21 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 144B. Filament length.—0.25 cm. Anther color.—RHS 153D. Anther length.—0.15 cm. Pollen amount.—Scarce. 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.