A new and distinct cultivar of berberis thunbergii plant named ‘Daybreak’, characterized by its compact, mounding growth habit, small, lustrous, medium green foliage that turns bright yellow in fall, reddish-orange flowers produced in abundance from spring to fall, greenish-tan to reddish-green fruits, and root/crown cold hardiness to USDA Hardiness Zone 7.
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1. A new and distinct berberis thunbergii plant named ‘Daybreak’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.
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Variety denomination: ‘Daybreak’.
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Berberis thunbergii, a member of the Berberidaceae family, hereinafter referred to by its cultivar name ‘Daybreak’. ‘Daybreak’ is grown primarily as an ornamental for landscape use.
‘Daybreak’ originated from an open-pollination of Berberis thunbergii ‘Bogozam’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,215) and was selected from the progeny of this pollination by continued evaluation for growth habit and foliage characteristics.
‘Daybreak’ has been asexually reproduced by softwood cuttings since 2008 in Watkinsville, Ga. The characteristics of ‘Daybreak’ have been stable and reproduced true-to-type in successive vegetative generations.
‘Daybreak’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with changes in light, temperature, soil and rainfall without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been observed and represent the characteristics of ‘Daybreak’. In combination these characteristics distinguish ‘Daybreak’ from all other varieties in commerce known to the inventor. 1) Compact, mounding growth habit. 2) Foliage that emerges orange in spring, changes to yellow-green in summer, and turns orange-red in fall. 3) Resistance of foliage to sun-scald/photobleaching.
‘Daybreak’ is distinguished from its female parent ‘Bogozam’ by its vigor, growth habit, and foliage characteristics. ‘Daybreak’ has a more vigorous, compact, mounding growth habit, whereas ‘Bogozam’ has a less vigorous spreading growth habit. ‘Daybreak’ has foliage that emerges orange in spring and turns orange-red in fall, whereas ‘Bogozam’ has foliage that emerges yellow-green in spring and turns yellow in fall. There are no other cultivars of Berberis thunbergii with this combination of characteristics known to the inventor.
Plants of ‘Daybreak’ can be compared to plants of the cultivar ‘Talago’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,602). However, in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Watkinsville, Ga., plants of ‘Daybreak’ differed from plants of ‘Talago’ in the following characteristics: 1. Plants of ‘Daybreak’ had a compact, mounding growth habit, whereas plants of ‘Talago’ had a compact, rounded growth habit and had a tendency to become loose and open-up in the middle; 2. Plants of ‘Daybreak’ had foliage that emerged orange in spring and turned orange-red in fall, whereas plants of ‘Talago’ had foliage that emerged red in spring and turned red in fall; 3. Plants of ‘Daybreak’ had foliage that was more resistant to sun-scald/photobleaching than plants of ‘Talago’.
The accompanying illustrations show characteristics of ‘Daybreak’ in photographs as true to color as is reasonably possible to make in illustrations of this nature. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Berberis.
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. Plants used for the description were grown in 11.8 L containers in full sun under outdoor conditions in a nursery in Watkinsville, Ga. Plants were approximately 2½ years old when the description was recorded.
Dirr, Michael A., Kardos, Joshua H.
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PP20602, | Oct 01 2008 | SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC. | Barberry plant named ‘Talago’ |
PP8215, | Sep 26 1991 | James W., Zampini | Golden pygmy barberry plant named Bogozam |
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