A new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant named ‘KLENE04146’, characterized by its upright to somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; numerous large violet-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar ofNemesiaplant, botanically known asNemesiahybrid and referred to by the name ‘KLENE04146’.

The newNemesiais a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Stuttgart, Germany. The objective of the program is to create new upright and freely branchingNemesiacultivars with attractive flowers and good garden performance.

The newNemesiaoriginated from an open-pollination of theNemesiahybrid cultivar Ravello, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with an unidentifiedNemesiahybrid selection during the summer of 2002. The cultivar KLENE04146 was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a flowering plant within the progeny of the stated open-pollination in a controlled environment in Stuttgart, Germany in May, 2003.

Asexual reproduction of the newNemesiaby terminal cuttings in a controlled environment in Stuttgart, Germany since May, 2003, has shown that the unique features of this newNemesiaare stable and are reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The newNemesiahas not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following characteristics have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘KLENE04146’ and distinguish ‘KLENE04146’ as a new and distinct cultivar:1. Upright to somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit.2. Freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance.3. Numerous large violet-colored flowers.4. Good garden performance.

Plants of the newNemesiadiffer primarily from plants of the female parent selection in plant shape as plants of the newNemesiaare more outwardly spreading than plants of the female parent selection.

Plants of the newNemesiacan be compared to plants of the cultivar Nemo Blue, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Stuttgart, Germany, plants of the newNemesiadiffered primarily from plants of the cultivar Nemo Blue in the following characteristics:1. Plants of the newNemesiawere larger than plants of the cultivar Nemo Blue.2. Plants of the newNemesiawere more freely branching than plants of the cultivar Nemo Blue.3. Plants of the newNemesiawere more freely flowering than plants of the cultivar Nemo Blue.

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