Patent ID: 6353162
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: A01H

Abstract:
A New Guinea impatiens plant having marbling in its genetic background, the plant having at least one flower characterized by a marbling effect in at least two or more petals of the flower, said plant being asexually reproducible into other plants showing at least one flower with a marbling effect in at least two or more petals, said plant being descended from a plant produced by the method comprising:(a) selecting a first New Guinea impatiens plant having marbling in at least one petal of any flower, the first plant being asexually reproducible into other plants showing at least one flower with a marbling effect in at least one petal; (b) selecting a second New Guinea impatiens plant; (c) crossing the first and second plants; and (d) selecting progeny that have a marbling effect in at least two or more petals of the flowers.