<i>Agapanthus </i>plant named ‘DWAgHyb01’

Abstract

A new cultivar of Agapanthus plant named DWAgHyb01 that is characterized by its long flowering period with good re-blooming, its high quantity of flowers per umbel that are vividly dark blue in color, its good resistance to root and crown rot, and its medium plant height (70 to 80 cm).

Claims

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Agapanthus plant named DWAgHyb01 as herein illustrated and described.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The accompanying color photographs illustrate the overall appearance and distinct characteristics of the new Agapanthus. The photographs were taken of plants 2 years in age of DWAgHyb01 as grown outdoors in a 30-cm container in Linbro Park, Johannesburg, South Africa.

(2) The photograph in FIG. 1 provides a side view of a plant of DWAgHyb01 in bloom.

(3) The photograph in FIG. 2 provides a close-up view of an inflorescence of DWAgHyb01.

(4) The colors in the photographs are as close as possible with the photographic and printing technology utilized and color values cited in the detailed botanical description accurately describe the colors of the new Agapanthus.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

(5) The following is a detailed description of 2-year-old plants of DWAgHyb01 as grown outdoors in 15-cm containers in Waddinxveen, 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 determinations are 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: Blooming period.Main blooming period; early to mid-summer with re-blooms sporadically through the year in South Africa. Plant type.Semi-deciduous (climate dependent) herbaceous perennial. Plant habit.Basal rosettes with inflorescences emerging from the rosette center. Height and spread.65 cm in height and 50 cm in spread as a 2-year-old plant, reaches 70 to 80 cm in height as grown in the landscape. Cold hardiness.At least to U.S.D.A. Zone 8. Diseases and pests.Good resistance has been observed to crown rot caused by Fusarium sp. and root rot caused by Erwinia sp., no resistance or susceptibility to pests has been observed. Root description.Thick and fleshy. Propagation.Division and Tissue culture (preferred). Growth rate.Vigorous. Number of shoots (rosettes).An average of 2. Foliage description: Leaf shape.Ligulate. Leaf division.Simple. Leaf base.Truncate. Leaf arrangement.2-ranked, arranged in shoots an average of 3.5 cm diameter at base. Leaf apex.Narrow acute. Leaf aspect.Emerging leaves erect, then cascade. Leaf venation.Parallel, upper surface; matches surface color, mid-rib between 144B and 144C, lower surface; matches surface color, mid-rib 144A. Leaf margins.Entire. Leaf size.Up to 32 cm in length and up to 3 cm in width. Leaf surface.Smooth, glabrous, and dull on upper and lower surface. Leaf number.Average of 8 leaves per rosette. Foliage density.Medium. Leaf color.Young leaves upper surface; 144A, top 138A, young leaves lower surface; 144A and 144B, mature leaves upper surface; 137A, base 137B (no anthocyanin present), mature leaves lower surface; 137B, base anthocyanin present N92A and 86A in color. Leaf attachment.Sessile to base. Flower description: Inflorescence type.Dense umbel. Flower fragrance.None. Flower type.Rotate, campanulate, base of tepals fused. Flower number.An average of 50 flowers per umbel. Inflorescence size.Average of 10 cm in height, 13 cm in diameter. Flower size.An average of 4 cm in depth and 3.3 cm in diameter. Lastingness of inflorescence.Average 7 days. Flower aspect.Primarily upright. Peduncle.1 per rosette, very strong, oval in shape, held primarily upright, surface is satiny, glabrous, slightly glaucous, average of 55 cm in length and 1.2 cm in width at distal region and 1.8 cm in width at proximal region, color; young 144A, mature 137A, top 137B, no anthocyanin present. Pedicels.Very strong, average of 3.5 cm in length and 2 mm in width, held erect to outward, color; 138A, top mottled with N89A, glabrous surface. Flower buds.Obelliptic in shape, glabrous surface, average of 2.3 cm in length and 9 mm in width, color; N92C, before burst N92C faintly flushed with N92B and N89A. Tepals (perianth).6 lobes rotate, oblanceolate in shape, lower 25% fused, entire margins, apex is rounded to acute, inner tepals rounded with a slight notch, glabrous and satiny on inner and outer surfaces, thick substance, an average of 2.8 cm in length and 1.2 cm in width, color; outer surface N89A, center and margins between N92B and N92C, inner surface N155A, base N89C, center and margins N89A. Bracts.Ovate to lanceolate in shape, acuminate apex, truncate base, glabrous and matte surface, 3.2 cm in length, 2 cm in width, color; 144A, veins 138A, base 145B. Reproductive organs: Gynoecium.Pistil; 1, average of 2.2 cm in length, stigma; narrow clavate in shape, N89D in color, style; 2.1 cm in length, N155A, top N89D, ovary; oblong in shape, 1 cm in length, 4 mm in width and 145C in color, pistillodes not present. Androecium.Stamens; 6, anthers; dorsifixed, extrusion absent to weak, obcordate in shape, average of 2 mm in length, 202A in color, filament; 2.2 cm in length, color; N155A, top N89D, pollen; abundant in quantity and 135B in color, staminodes not present. Fruit/Seed.None observed.