<i>Leucothoe </i>plant named ‘RANT01’

Abstract

A new cultivar of Leucothoe, RANT01, that is characterized by its compact plant habit and its variegated foliage with young leaves that are deep grey-orange in color with green-white margins and mature leaves that are dark green in color with white margins and changes in late summer to deep grey-orange with white margins.

Claims

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Leucothoe plant named RANT01 as herein illustrated and described.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearance and distinct characteristics of the new cultivar. The plant in the photographs is 2.5 years old as grown outdoors in a 17-cm container in Boskoop, The Netherlands.

(2) The photograph in FIG. 1 provides an overall view of the plant habit of RANT01.

(3) The photograph in FIG. 2 provides a close-up view of the mature foliage of RANT01.

(4) The photograph in FIG. 3 provides a close-up view of the young foliage of RANT01.

(5) The colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description, which accurately describe the colors of the new Leucothoe.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

(6) The following is a detailed description of 2.5-year-old plants of the new cultivar as grown outdoors in 17-cm containers in Boskoop, The Netherlands. The phenotype of the new cultivar may vary with variations in environmental, climatic, and cultural conditions, as it has not been tested under all possible environmental conditions. The color determination is in accordance with The 2015 Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London, England, except where general color terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. General description: Plant type.Evergreen shrub. Plant habit.Broad spreading and upright. Plant shape.Irregular, flattened globular. Plant size.Reaches about 40 cm in height and 30 cm in spread. Hardiness.At least in U.S.D.A. Zones 6 to 10. Diseases and pests.No susceptibility or resistance to diseases or pests has been observed. Root description.Slightly fibrous, average of 2 mm in diameter, dense, smooth and glabrous and 164A in color. Root development.Roots initiate in approximately 60 days, average time to produce young plant from rooted cutting is 3 months. Propagation.Softwood stem cuttings. Growth rate.Low. Stem description: Shape.Rounded. Stem color.Young and mature branches 146D, strongly tinged 180B to 180C, older stems 146A. Stem size.An average of 15.5 cm in length and 1.5 mm in diameter. Stem surface.Slightly glossy and densely covered with very short glandular hairs; an average of 0.1 mm in length and too small to measure color. Stem aspect.Held at an average angle 40. Branching.Very freely and densely branched, average of 22 primary branches and 40 lateral branches. Internode length.An average of 1.4 cm. Foliage description: Leaf shape.Irregular, narrow ovate to narrow oblong and narrow obovate, often falcate. Leaf aspect.Flat to slightly convex. Leaf division.Simple. Leaf base.Attenuate. Leaf apex.Apiculate. Leaf venation.Pinnate, upper surface color 145B, lower surface color 144B. Leaf margins.Finely serrate, coarsely and irregularly angulate, unlobed. Leaf arrangement.Alternate, distichous. Leaf attachment.Petiolate. Leaf surface.Both surfaces smooth and glabrous, upper surface moderately glossy, lower surface matte. Leaf size.An average of 6 cm in length and 2.2 cm in width. Leaf quantity.An average of 12 per lateral branch. Leaf color.Young growth upper surface; 175A and 178B, finely margined 155C and 157D, new growth lower surface; 174C and 176C, finely margined 155C and 157D, mature growth upper surface; 137A, 143C and 144B, mottled and finely margined 4D and 155C, mature growth lower surface; 146C and 146D, mottled and margined 4D and 155C, older leaves upper surface; NN137A and 139A, flushed with 150D and 191A to 191D, finely margined 150D and 155C, older leaves lower surface; 191B to 191D, finely margined 4D and 155C. Petioles.About 6 mm in length and 1.75 mm in width, strong, upper surface color 145D, strongly tinged 180A, lower surface color 180C to 180D, both surfaces densely covered with very short glandular hairs an average of 0.1 mm in length and too small to measure color and matte. Inflorescence description: No flowers observed to date.