A new and distinctcultivar named ‘TNECHFT’ distinguished by its large number of medium inflorescences starting in the first season, long bloom time with excellent rebloom, upright and compact habit, white tipped rose-pink ray florets surrounding dark cones, horizontally held ray florets, strong upright stems, and excellent vigor from spring through fall.
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Claim 1: . A new and distinctplant named ‘TNECHFT’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.
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Variety designation: ‘TNECHFT’.
The present application relates to a new and distinct cultivar ofgiven the cultivar name ‘TNECHFT’. The cultivar is also known by its trade name, FRENCH TIPS™.is in the family Asteraceae. The new cultivar is part of a planned breeding program for a garden series with compact habits and profuse inflorescences. The parents of this selection are unnamed, proprietary interspecific hybrids E-2110-1 x E-2009. Neither parent still exists.
The newcultivar ‘TNECHFT’ is distinguished from othercultivars due to the following unique combination of characteristics:
Compared to‘TNECHKR’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 28,768), the new cultivar is distinguished at least by its more rose-pink and softer colored ray florets with white tips and greater number of disc florets.
The new cultivar has been reproduced only by asexual propagation (cuttings and tissue culture). Each of the progeny exhibits identical characteristics to the original plant. Asexual propagation by division and tissue culture using standard micropropagation techniques with terminal and lateral shoots, as done in Canby, Oregon, shows that the characteristics described herein come true to form, are firmly fixed, and are established and transmitted through succeeding propagations.
The new cultivar has not been evaluated under all possible environmental conditions and certain characteristics may change with changing environmental conditions (such as photoperiod, temperature, moisture, soil conditions, nutrient availability, or other factors). The phenotype may change with variations in environment without a change in the genotype of the plant.
The color photographs show typical specimens of the new cultivar and depict the color as nearly true as is reasonably possible. It should be noted that colors may vary, for example due to lighting conditions at the time the photograph is taken. Therefore, color characteristics of this new cultivar should be determined with reference to the observations described herein, rather than from the photograph alone.
The following is a detailed description of the newcultivar based on observations of 9-month-old specimens growing in a trial bed in full sun in Canby, Oregon. Canby is Zone 8 on the USDA Hardiness map. Temperatures range from a high of 95° F. in August to an average of 32° F. in January. Normal rainfall in Canby is 42.8 inches per year.
Color descriptions and other terminology are used in accordance with their ordinary dictionary descriptions, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Color descriptions used herein are made with reference to5edition, 2007.
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March 10, 2026
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