G13525

Dahlia

Variety Description

Variety used for comparison: 'Dahlinova Temptation Red'

Summary: The plants of 'G13525' are taller with smaller leaves than the plants of 'Dahlinova Temptation Red'. The leaf of 'G13525' is smooth or has a very weak degree of rugosity whereas the leaf of 'Dahlinova Temptation Red' has a moderate degree of rugosity. The flower head of 'G13525' has fewer ray florets than the flower head of 'Dahlinova Temptation Red'. The ray floret of 'G13525' is narrower than the ray floret of 'Dahlinova Temptation Red'. The inner side of the ray floret of 'G13525' is purple red and red whereas the ray floret of 'Dahlinova Temptation Red' is dark purple red to red. Before anther dehiscence, the disc of 'G13525' is brown whereas the disc of 'Dahlinova Temptation Red' is red.

Description:

PLANT: upright growth habit

STEM: purple

LEAF: predominantly simple type with some pinnate type leaves present, very weak to medium presence of wing, length to width ratio is medium, upper side is dark brown (RHS N200A), upper side of shaded leaves is dark green, very weak degree of glossiness on upper side, smooth or very weak degree of rugosity, flat veins
LEAFLET: ovate to elliptic shape, rounded base, few to medium number of incisions of margin, medium depth of incisions of margin

PEDUNCLE: purple
FLOWER HEAD: positioned moderately above foliage, semi-upright attitude, semi-double daisy type, no collar segments
RAY FLORET: compressed to medium length to width ratio, two keels on inner surface, moderately concave at mid-point in cross-section, weakly concave at three quarter point from base in cross-section, no rolling of margin, weakly incurved for distal three quarters along longitudinal axis, absent or very weak twisting, retuse and dentate apex, main colour of inner side is purple red (RHS 61C) and red (RHS 50A) with orange (RHS 28B, 28C and 28D) secondary colour distributed along basal quarter as diffuse stripes and red pink (RHS 48B) tertiary colour distributed at base as a solid or near solid pattern, colour of outer side is similar to colour of inner side
DISC: medium diameter relative to diameter of flower head, brown before anther dehiscence, yellow green to yellow at anther dehiscence

Origin & Breeding History: 'G13525' was bred and developed by the breeder, Michael S. Uchneat, of GardenGenetics LLC, in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA. It originated from an open pollinated cross conducted in October 2012 between the proprietary breeding line designated '3169-1-5M-6', as the female parent, and a pool of six proprietary breeding lines designated '3180-5M-1', '3180-5M-2', '3180-5M-3', '3180-5M-4', '3180-5M-5', and '3180-5M-7', as the male parent. From the resulting progeny, 'G13525' was selected in July 2013 for its vigorous upright growth habit, freely branching and flowering habit, colour and appearance of foliage, flower colour, and flower size. 'G13525' was first propagated asexually using terminal cuttings, in August 2013, in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA.

Tests & Trials: The comparative trial of 'G13525' was conducted in a polyhouse during the spring of 2017 at BioFlora Inc., in St. Thomas, Ontario. The trial included a total of 20 plants each of the candidate and reference variety. All plants were grown from rooted cuttings and transplanted into 15 cm pots on April 14, 2017. Unless otherwise indicated, the observations and measurements were taken from 10 plants or 10 parts of plants of each variety on June 6, 2017. All colour determinations were made using the 2007 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart.

Comparison tables for 'G13525' with reference variety 'Dahlinova Temptation Red'

Plant height (cm)

Leaf length (simple type only and including petiole) (cm)

Leaf width (cm)

Number of ray florets per flower head (count)

Ray floret width (cm)

Main colour of ray floret (RHS)

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Dahlia: 'G13525' (left) with reference variety 'Dahlinova Temptation Red' (right)

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Dahlia: 'G13525' (left) with reference variety 'Dahlinova Temptation Red' (right)

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Dahlia: 'G13525' (left) with reference variety 'Dahlinova Temptation Red' (right)