plant named ‘Time's Up’

Botanical classification:hybrid (Tratt.).

Variety denomination: ‘Time's Up’.

No plants of‘Time's Up’ have been sold, in this country or anywhere in the world, nor has any disclosure of the new plant been made, more than one year prior the filing date of this application.

The present invention relates to a new and distinctplant,‘Time's Up’ hereinafter also referred to as the new plant or by the cultivar name, ‘Time's Up’.‘Time's Up’ was discovered on May 1, 2024, by the inventor as a whole plant mutation of ‘Time in a Bottle’ U.S. Plant Pat. No. 33,267 at a wholesale perennial nursery in Zeeland, Michigan, USA. The new plant was assigned the breeder code 24-SP-HOST-1331 and passed the initial evaluation in the spring of 2024. It has been asexually propagated by division at the same nursery since 2024 with the resultant asexually propagated plants having retained all the same traits as the original plant.

There are over 7,000 registered and unregisteredwith The AmericanSociety, which is the International Cultivar Registration Authority for the genusSome of these have chartreuse leaf blades with wavy margins. The most similarcultivars known to the applicant are ‘First Mate’ (not patented), ‘Imp’ (not patented), ‘Kabitan’ (not patented); ‘Sea Sprite’ (not patented), and ‘Pineapple Upsidedown Cake’ (not patented).

‘First Mate’ has wider dark green margins and flatter less sinuate leaves without the reddish spotting on the petiole. ‘Kabitan’ has similar variegation, but the foliage is more arching, and the petioles lack reddish spotting. ‘Sea Sprite’ has slightly broader foliage and the center is a lighter yellowish-chartreuse. ‘Pineapple Upsidedown Cake’ is larger in habit and foliage size, the leaf blades are slightly wider, and the leaf center is lighter yellowish-chartreuse.

The parent has foliage that is solid chartreuse without the green margin.

Othercultivars may have traits similar to ‘Time's Up’ but the new plant differs from the above listed cultivars and all otherknown to the applicant, by the combination of the following traits.

The following descriptions and color references are based on the 2015 edition of The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart except where common dictionary terms are used. The new plant,‘Time's Up’, has not been observed under all possible environments. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that certain characteristics will vary with plants that are more mature or plants that are less mature. The phenotype may vary slightly with different environmental conditions, such as temperature, light, fertility, moisture, and maturity levels, but without any change in the genotype. The following observations and size descriptions are of a one-year-old plant in a shaded trial garden in Zeeland, Michigan with supplemental water and fertilizer: