A Pelargonium cultivar particularly distinguished by its light salmon flower color and dark green leaves is disclosed.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar ofPelargonium, botanically known asPelargonium×hortorumL.H. Bailey, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Clips Litsaltwo’. The new cultivar was propagated from a seedling resulting from the cross of 7886-1, a red-flowered, unnamed and unpatented proprietaryPelargoniumline, as the female parent, and ‘Champion’, an orange-floweredPelargonium, as the male parent.

The new cultivar was created in 1998 in Gilroy, Calif. and has been asexually reproduced repeatedly by cuttings in Gilroy, Calif. over a five-year period. It has also been trialed at Gilroy, Calif., Litchfield, Mich., and Andijk, The Netherlands. It has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive asexual propagations. ‘Clips Litsaltwo’ reproduces true to type through successive generations of asexual reproduction.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW CULTIVAR

The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive characteristics of ‘Clips Litsaltwo’. The data which defines these characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out in Gilroy, Calif. The plant history was taken on seven-month-old plants grown in 1 gallon pots in a poly-covered greenhouse during the fall/winter season. The color readings were taken under natural light in the greenhouse in the late winter season. Color references are primarily to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (R.H.S.) (2001). Texture description data were collected by viewing plant parts with a dissecting microscope.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

Comparison with Known Cultivars

When the instant plant is compared to the female parental cultivar 7886-1, ‘Clips Litsaltwo’ has greater vigor, a light salmon flower color, and darker green leaves than 7886-1. When ‘Clips Litsaltwo’ is compared to the male parental cultivar ‘Champion’, ‘Clips Litsaltwo’ has greater vigor, a light salmon flower color, and darker green leaves than ‘Champion’.

‘Clips Litsaltwo’ differs from the comparison variety, ‘Fisrolisa’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,193) also known as ‘Rocky Mountain Light Salmon’ by having more petals, a larger flower and the flower bud color is creamy white, whereas the ‘Rocky Mountain Light Salmon’ flower bud is creamy white with some pink.