Allium hybrid plant named ‘Windy City’

Abstract

A new, distinct Allium hybrid plant as shown and described, characterized by dark green foliage in combination with purple-violet flowers, on semi-sterile plants.

Claims

1. A new, distinct Allium hybrid plant as shown and described, characterized by dark green foliage in combination with purple-violet flowers, on semi-sterile plants.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS

(1) FIG. 1. A blooming plant in July on a 2 year old plant in Hebron, Ill. USA.

(2) FIG. 2. Inflorescences in July on a 2 year old plant in Hebron, Ill. USA.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

(3) In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart (2001). Plants used for the description were grown in a three gallon container for two years at a nursery in Hebron, Ill. Measurements and numerical values represent averages of typical plants. Botanical classification: Allium hybrid cultivar Windy City. Parentage: Unknown. Propagation: Vegetative division. Plant description: Type.Herbaceous perennial. The overall habit of the new Allium hybrid is a basal tuft of dark green linear foliage arising from bulbous roots, with terminal purple-violet flower clusters in July, on semi-sterile plants. Hardiness.USDA zones 3-8. Plant height.40-45 cm. Plant width.45 cm. Stem description: Stem shape.Round with ridges, solid. Stem size.Diameter up to 10 mm at the widest by 5-6 mm at the thinnest. Stem length.40 cm. Internodes.None. Stem coloration.Stem color 139 A. Stem texture.Ridged, smooth, glabrous. Roots.Fibrous below the bulb, color 155 C. Bulb.Size 12-15 mm wide at the base, 7 mm wide at the top where the foliage begins, 25 mm in length, color: ranges from 155 C to 145 B. Foliage description: Shape.Linear. Arrangement.Basal, alternate. Leaf blade size.Length: up to 30 cm, Width: 6 mm. Margins.Entire. Petiole.None. Leaf apex.Acute. Leaf base.Attenuate. Leaf quantity.An average of 6 per stem. Texture.Upper and lower surfaces: smooth, glabrous. Adaxial and abaxial leaf color description.137 A. Venation pattern.Parallel. Venation color.Upper 137 A, lower 137 A. Flower description: Inflorescence type.Umbel, round, held on a leafless stalk. Umbel size.Length: 4-4.5 cm tall, width: 5 cm. Peduncle size and color.Length: 15 cm, diameter: 2 mm, color 139 A. Peduncle texture.Smooth, glabrous. Pedicel size and color.Length: 15 mm, diameter: less than 1 mm, color 137 A. Flower bud.Size: length: 23 mm, diameter: 40-45 mm. Flower bud surface.Smooth, glabrous. Flower bud shape.Ovoid, tubular, constricted at the base. Flower bud color.Between N 81 B and C. Corolla description.3 petals unfused, constricted at the base. Petal apex.Entire, acute. Petal base.Unfused. Petal margin.Entire. Petal texture.Outer surface: smooth, inside surface: smooth. Petal color.Outer surface is color N81 A, inside surface color is N81 B. Calyx shape.Stellate. Calyx size.Length: 5 mm, Width: 2 mm. Calyx color.N 81 A. Sepal quantity and arrangement.3, unfused. Sepal size.Length: 5 mm, diameter: 2 mm at base coming to a point. Sepal shape.Lanceolate, apex: acute, base: cuneate, margin: entire. Sepal texture.Upper and lower surfaces: smooth, glabrous. Sepal color.Adaxial color N81 A, Abaxial color N81 A. Flower type and shape.Bowl, comprised of 3 sepals and 3 petals. Flower color.N81 A outside, N81 A inside. Flower size.Length: 10 mm, width: 10 mm. Flower number.125 per umbel, 5000 per plant with up to 50 flowering stems. Bloom period and duration.3-4 weeks the beginning of July in Hebron, Ill. Flower longevity and duration on the plant.Approximately 3 weeks. Flower longevity and duration cut.Not measured. Scent.None. Reproductive organs: Stamen.Quantity: 6, length: 8 mm, diameter: 1 mm at the base getting thinner toward the tip. Anther.Quantity: 6, length: 2 mm, diameter: 1 mm. Anther shape.Oval, color not measured. Filament.Cream colored at tip near anther, pink at the base. Pollen.Sparse, color: creamy yellow, RHS color not measured. Pistil.Number: 1, length: 9 mm, width: 3 mm, color between N81 C and D. Stigma shape.Conical, color N81 A. Style.Number: 1, length: 9 mm, width 3 mm. Ovaries.Made of 3 carpels, length: 3 mm, width: 3 mm. Fruit.Capsule more or less round, 2-3 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, glabrous, color black 202 A. Disease resistance: Resistance to diseases common to Allium has not been observed on plants grown under nursery conditions.