Agapanthus plant named ‘PC 11107’

Abstract

A new cultivar of Agapanthus plant, PC 11107, that is characterized by its early flowering habit, its short plant height, its flowers that are bright, intense deep blue in color, its flower tepals that are broad, and its deciduous growth habit.

Claims

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Agapanthus plant named PC 11107 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 Agapanthus. The photographs were taken of 14 month-old plants of PC 11107 as grown in the ground in Eggesford, England, United Kingdom.

(2) The photograph in FIG. 1 provides a side view of a plant of PC 11107 in bloom.

(3) The photograph in FIG. 2 provides a close-up view of an inflorescence of PC 11107.

(4) The photograph in FIG. 3 provides a close-up view of the flowers of PC 11107.

(5) 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

(6) The following is a detailed description of plants two years in age as grown outdoors in Eggesford, England, United Kingdom. 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 R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London, England, except where general color terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. General description: Blooming period.Early blooming; 6 to 7 weeks from the end of June to mid August in The United Kingdom. Plant type.Deciduous herbaceous perennial. Plant habit.Basal rosettes with inflorescences emerging from the rosette center, compact, short in height, upright stems, spreading. Height and spread.Average of 45 cm in height, 50 to 60 cm in spread. Cold hardiness.Hardy at least to United Kingdom Zone 4 in typical winters. Diseases and pests.No resistance or susceptibility to diseases or pest has been observed. Root description.Thick and fleshy, 161C in color. Propagation.Tissue culture and division. Growth rate.Moderate. Number of shoots (rosettes).An average of 16 as grown in the ground as a two year-old plant. Foliage description: Leaf shape.Ligulate. Leaf division.Simple. Leaf base.Truncate. Leaf arrangement.2-ranked, arranged in shoots an average of 1 cm diameter at base. Leaf apex.Narrow acute. Leaf aspect (curvature).Emerging leaves erect, then lower leaves cascade. Leaf venation.Parallel, upper surface; matches leaf coloration with mid rib slightly lighter 138D, and lower surface; matches leaf coloration with mid 144A. Leaf margins.Entire. Leaf size.Up to 29 cm in length and up to 2.6 cm in width. Leaf surface.Smooth, glabrous, and dull on upper and lower surface. Leaf number.Average of 8 leaves per shoot. Leaf variegation.Absent. Leaf color.Young leaves, upper and lower surface; color between 138A and 144A and 145D at base, mature leaves upper and lower surface; 138A with base 145D. Leaf attachment.Sessile to base. Flower description: Inflorescence type.Dense umbel. Flower fragrance.None. Flower type.Single, campanulate with base of tepals fused and spreading lobes. Flower number.30 to 60 flowers per umbel. Inflorescence size.Average of 6.5 cm in height and 14 cm in diameter. Inflorescence shape.Rounded to domed in lateral view. Flower size (comprised of perianth).3.5 to 6.4 cm in diameter, 3.0 to 3.5 cm in length with tube portion 1.2 to 1.5 cm in length. Lastingness of inflorescence.Average 7 days. Flower aspect.Upward to downward. Peduncle.1 per rosette, very strong, oval in shape and cross section, held primarily upright, average of 50 cm in length and 8 mm in width at apex and 1 cm in width at base, 138A to 138B in color with glaucous coating 138D with base 145B, surface glabrous and glaucous, anthocyanin absent. Pedicels.Very strong, average of 4 cm in length and 2.2 mm in width, held erect to outward (0 to 180), a blend of 138B and 138C in color, glabrous and slightly glaucous surface, anthocyanin absent. Flower buds.Obelliptic in shape, average of 2.2 cm in length and 7 mm in width, a blend of 95B and 95C and blending with 95D towards apex. Inflorescence bracts.2 deciduous spathe-like bracts that split open on one side and drop when flowers open; ovate to lanceolate in shape, acuminate apex (1 cm in length), truncate base, up to 7 cm in length and 2.5 cm in width, color outer surface; 144A and suffused with 145D at base, color inner surface; 147B in color and striations of 147C, glabrous and dull on both surfaces, anthocyanin absent. Tepals.6 lobes, lobes oblanceolate in shape and slightly overlapping, lower 40% fused into tube, entire margins with weak undulation and same color as center of lobes or 95B, broadly acute apex, glabrous and satiny on inner and outer surfaces, thick substance, an average of 3.2 cm in length and 9 mm in width, color on both surfaces and inner and outer tube; a blend of 95C and 95D with center vein on inner surface of lobes 95B, midrib zone transparency absent, tube portion is an average of 2.5 cm in length and 7.5 mm in width. Reproductive organs: Gynoecium.1 pistil, average of 2.3. cm in length, stigma is narrow clavate in shape and 95D in color, style is 1 cm in length and 95C and 95D in color, ovary is obelliptic in shape, 1 cm in length, 4 mm in width and 145D in color, pistillodes absent. Androcoecium.6 stamens, extruded but shorter than tepal length, anthers are dorsifixed, oblong in shape, average of 5 mm in length, and 146D in color, filament is 1.8 cm in length and 95C and 95D in color, pollen is moderately abundant in quantity and 18C in color, staminodes absent. Fruit/seed.Have not been observed.