A new and distinct cultivar of hydrangea plant named ‘Jane’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; strong and sturdy stems that hold inflorescences upright; and large mophead-type inflorescences with numerous light green-colored sterile flowers that with development become greyed purple in color.

Patent
   PP22330
Priority
Sep 14 2010
Filed
Sep 14 2010
Issued
Dec 13 2011
Expiry
Sep 14 2030
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1. A new and distinct hydrangea plant named ‘Jane’ as illustrated and described.

Botanical designation: Hydrangea paniculata.

Cultivar denomination: ‘JANE’.

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant, botanically known as Hydrangea paniculata and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Jane’.

The new Hydrangea plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Grand Haven, Mich. The objective of the breeding program was to develop new compact Hydrangea plants with strong stems and attractive leaf and flower coloration.

The new Hydrangea plant originated from an open-pollination in August, 2005 of the Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight Variegated’, not patented, as the female, or seed parent and an unknown selection of Hydrangea paniculata as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Hydrangea plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor in June, 2007 as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated open-pollination in a controlled environment in Grand Haven, Mich.

Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by softwood cuttings in a controlled environment in Grand Haven, Mich. since June, 2007 has shown that the unique features of this new Hydrangea plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.

Plants of the new Hydrangea have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment and cultural practices such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Jane’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Jane’ as a new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant:

Plants of the new Hydrangea differ from plants of the female parent, ‘Limelight Variegated’, in the following characteristics:

Plants of the new Hydrangea can be compared to plants of Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,874. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Hydrangea differ from plants of ‘Limelight’ in the following characteristics:

Plants of the new Hydrangea can also be compared to plants of Hydrangea paniculata ‘Little Lamb’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,395. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Hydrangea differ from plants of ‘Little Lamb’ in the following characteristics:

The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the unique appearance of the new Hydrangea plant showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Hydrangea plant.

The photograph on the first sheet comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Jane’ grown in a container.

The photograph on the second sheet is a close-up view of typical inflorescences of ‘Jane’ at various stages of development.

Plants used for the aforementioned photographs and the following description were grown during the summer and autumn in an outdoor nursery in Grand Haven, Mich. and under conditions which closely approximate commercial Hydrangea production conditions. Plants of the new Hydrangea were three years old when the photographs and description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2001 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

Wood, Timothy D.

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ER5907,
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