plant named ‘DEEPGECITRO’

Genus and species:x

Variety denomination: ‘DEEPGECITRO’.

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar ofplant, commonly named Avens, which is grown as an herbaceous perennial for planting in the garden and landscape or in containers. The new cultivar is known botanically asxfrom the family Rosaceae, and will be referred to hereinafter by the cultivar name ‘DEEPGECITRO’.

‘DEEPGECITRO’ was discovered by the inventor as naturally occurring basal stem sport bearing yellow flowers which was observed by the inventor in summer 2019 as a part of a single plant of the inventor's variety ofPlant named ‘TOTALLY TANGERINE’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 22,041) which bears orange-peach colored flowers. The sport parent plant of ‘Totally Tangerine’ was established in-ground in the inventor's garden in Herefordshire, United Kingdom. No further sports of ‘Totally Tangerine’ have been observed by the inventor since his discovery of ‘DEEPGECITRO’.

The inventor carried out the first asexual reproduction of ‘DEEPGECITRO’ in summer 2019, upon observing the sport. The inventor conducted the asexual propagation his garden nursery in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, United Kingdom. The propagation method used was division of the parent plant in order to isolate a division and removal of the plant part, which bore yellow flowers. The inventor removed and planted the yellow-flowering plant part in peat-based growing medium until the plant part was established on its own roots. In spring 2020, the inventor divided the established division and provided that division to a commercial tissue culture laboratory with instructions to establish and multiply the new variety in vitro. Since that time, under careful observation by the inventor and by the tissue culture laboratory, the unique characteristics of ‘DEEPGECITRO’ have been fixed, stable, uniform, and reproduce true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.

The following represent the distinguishing characteristics of ‘DEEPGECITRO’. These traits in combination distinguish ‘DEEPGECITRO’ as a new and distinct cultivar apart from all other existing varieties ofknown to the inventor. ‘DEEPGECITRO’ has not been tested under all possible conditions and phenotypic differences may be observed with variations in environmental, climatic, and cultural conditions, however, without any variance in genotype.

All drawings have been made using conventional techniques and although colors may appear different from actual colors due to light reflectance, they are as accurate as possible by conventional photography.

The following is a detailed description of ‘DEEPGECITRO’. Data was collected from a 17 months old plant which had been received in spring 2024 as a young plant propagated in vitro then transplanted into cells of peat-based growing medium by the commercial tissue culture laboratory to be grown and evaluated in a secure private nursery location in Santa Barbara, California. The observed plant had been transplanted into a 3-gallon container and had been grown entirely out-of-doors in Santa Barbara, California without any pruning or pinching or use of any chemical growth regulators.

The color determinations in the description are in accordance with the 2007 edition of The Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London, England, except where general color terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

The observed plant had been grown naturally in and has remained pest and disease free. Growing requirements are similar to the species.

‘DEEPGECITRO’ is distinguished from the sport parent as described in Table 1.

‘DEEPGECITRO’ is most similar to the commercialplant named ‘BANANA DAIQUIRI’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 25,351) Differences between the two varieties are described in Table 2.