University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc

John M Ruter

Wayne W Hanna

David A Knauft

Donglin Zhang

Allan M Armitage

Suzzanne C Tate

Kelly Preslar

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutThu6', characterized by its compact, rounding form and yellow foliage with orange tips; growth and heat tolerance in USDA Zone 8a, growth in full sun and afternoon shade conditions in landscape and full sun in container production, disease and insect resistance.

plant named 'RutThu6'

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutThu7', characterized by its nice columnar form, dark green foliage that does not have chartreuse tips and lack of stem canker and root rot issues can be grown in USDA Zone 8a and is well suited for small urban gardens.

plant named 'RutThu7'

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutCham1', characterized by its good heat tolerance in USDA Hardiness Zone 8 relative to typicalcultivars; foliage that turns golden in the winter and green in the summer for multi-seasonal interest; and a uniform, pyramidal shape.

plant named 'RutCham1'

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutHol10' is characterized by a combination of its unique globose habit for plants with this parentage, leaf coloration and upright leaf angle that give ‘RutHol10’ more of a boxwood () appearance, and its higher tolerance of spider mites than othercultivars.

plant named 'RutHol10'

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutHol8' is characterized by a combination of its upright, v-shaped growth habit, its attractive reddish new growth, its intermediate height:width ratio, and its resistance to spider mites.

plant named 'RutHol8'

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutThu4', characterized by its compact, globose growth, similar in shape but larger in size and with a faster growth rate than some othercultivars. 'RutThu4' also has disease resistance when grown in USDA Zone 8a, and has demonstrated both heat tolerance as well as cold hardiness to about &#x2212;34&#xb0; F. in trials conducted in Minnesota.

plant named 'RutThu4'

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutHol6', characterized by its full, oval growth habit; a height-to-width ratio of about 1.3; grayish-red new growth, and wider leaves than similarcultivars.

plant named 'RutHol6'

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutThu3', characterized by its compact, rounding form and yellow foliage with orange tips; growth and heat tolerance in USDA Zone 8a, growth in full sun and afternoon shade conditions in landscape and full sun in container production, disease and insect resistance, and cold hardiness to about &#x2212;34&#xb0; F. in Minnesota.

plant named 'RutThu3'

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutHol7', characterized by its upright, elliptical growth habit; a height-to-width ratio of about 2.3; grayish-purple new growth, and narrower leaves than similarcultivars.

plant named 'RutHol7'

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutThu5', characterized by its nice, columnar form, dark green foliage that does not have chartreuse tips like'Emerald Green'. 'RutThu5' can be grown with one cutting per pot compared to the industry standard of three cuttings per pot, and has similar growth rate in containers and field as three-cutting plants of &#x2018;Emerald Green&#x2019;. The new &#x2018;RutThu5&#x2019; has demonstrated cold hardiness to about &#x2212;34&#xb0; F. in trials conducted in Minnesota.

plant named 'RutThu5'

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutHol5', characterized by its upright, narrow form with widest spread in the middle of the canopy that narrows towards the top; a height-to-width ratio of about 3.2; reddish colored new growth, and resistance to spider mites,

plant named 'RutHol5'

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutCup1', characterized by its wider form and similar heigh and growth rate tovar.cultivars; glaucous, blue-green foliage; resistance to Passalora blight; and cold hardiness to about &#x2212;30&#xb0; C. in laboratory tests.

plant named 'RutCup1'

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutThu2', characterized by its compact, mounding, spreading form with unusual, thread-leaf shoots; growth in USDA Zone 8a, growth in full sun and part-shade conditions in landscape and container production, and better heat tolerance than other thread-leaf forms ofor'Whipcord'.

plant named 'RutThu2'

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutHib5' is characterized by a combination of compact rounded form with medium vigor, attractive white flowers with a red eye, bicolor, reddish green foliage with pubescence, and good resistance to Alternaria alternata, Cercospora, andsawfly.

plant named 'RutHib5'

A new and distinct cultivar ofplant named 'RutHib4' is characterized by a combination of compact, dense growth form, that is smaller than either parent, bright red flowers with a darker red eyespot, better adaptation to southern climates, and improved disease resistance to aerial phytophthora, fungal and bacterial leaf spots.

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Watkinsville, GA, United States of America

John M Ruter