Brassica plant named ‘Purple Varie’

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Brassica, Purple Varie, characterized by its vareigated foliage with green centers and pink and yellow-green margins and pink veins and its foliage that is slightly concave from mid rib with very curly margins.

Claims

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Brassica plant named Purple Varie as herein illustrated and described.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

(1) The accompanying colored photographs of Purple Varie illustrate the overall appearance and distinct characteristics of the new curly kale. The photographs were taken of plants 6-months in age as grown in 9-cm containers in a greenhouse in Tabei-cho, Isesaki-shi, Gunma, Japan (with a single pinch at 4 months).

(2) The photograph in FIG. 1 provides a side view of two plants of Purple Varie.

(3) The photograph in FIG. 2 provides a top view of a plant of Purple Varie.

(4) The colors in the photograph may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description, which accurately describe the colors of the new Brassica.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT

(5) The following is a detailed description of plants 6-months in age as grown in 9-cm containers in a greenhouse in Tabei-cho, Isesaki-shi, Gunma, Japan (with a single pinch at 4 months). 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 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.Flowers not observed. Plant type.Herbaceous perennial/biennial that is grown as an annual. Plant habit.Upright, ovate in overall plant shape. Height and spread.Reaches about 20 cm in height and about 23 cm in width in a 9-cm container. Hardiness.U.S.D.A. Zones 7 to 10, but grown as an annual for single season use. Diseases and pests.No susceptibility or resistance to diseases or pests has been observed. Propagation.Stem cuttings. Root development.Roots initiate in about 2 weeks from cuttings and fully develop in a 9-cm container is about 5 months. Growth rate.Moderate. Vigor.Moderate. Stem description: Stem size.Average of 15 cm in length and 4 mm in width. Stem aspect.Rounded and angulate (6 angles). Stem strength.Strong. Stem color.Young stem; N77B to N77D with waxy coating a color between N187D and 202C, mature stems; a color between N77A and 187A (closer to N77A). Stem surface.Glabrous with waxy coating. Internode length.6 mm. Branching.Single basal stems. Foliage description: Leaf shape.Obovate. Leaf division.Simple. Leaf base.Hastate. Leaf apex.Coarsely praemorse. Leaf venation.Pinnate, upper surface; a color between N77B and N78A, mid rib conspicuous, lower surface; a color between N187A and 200B. Leaf margins.Bidentate and strongly undulate. Leaf attachment.Petiolate. Leaf arrangement.Alternate. Leaf surface.Smooth and glabrous on upper and lower surface. Leaf substance.Thick and slightly rubbery. Leaf color.Emerging upper and lower surface; 137C with margins 175C, young upper surface; 137D with margins 160A and 73B, young lower surface; 138B with margins 160A and 73B, mature upper surface; 137A with margins primarily 73B with some areas of 160B and 157A, mature lower surface; N138B with margins primarily 73B with some areas of 160B and 157A. Leaf size.Average of 11 cm in length and 7.2 cm in width. Leaf quantity.Average of 10 leaves per stem. Leaf durability to stress.Moderate. Leaf aspect.Held at an average of 50 angle (90 vertical), mature to an arching aspect, slightly concave from midrib. Petioles.Average of 4 cm in length and 3 mm in width, color on upper surface a color between N77B and N78A with waxy layer N187D, color on lower surface N77B to N77 with waxy layer N187D, surface is glabrous, smooth and waxy, strength moderate. Flower description: Flowers have not been observed as plants are grown as annual for its foliage and has only been grown under conditions (warm temperatures) to prevent flowering. Fruit and seed.None.