The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant that will be referred to hereinafter by the cultivar name ‘Pensky’.
‘Pensky’ was discovered by the inventor in 2000 at the inventor's nursery in Netherwent, Wales, United Kingdom. ‘Pensky’ was first observed on a single plant of the inventor's variety of Nemesia named ‘Pengoon’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,261) in the form of a naturally occurring branch sport which carried lighter-colored flowers than are typical of ‘Pengoon’.
‘Pensky’ and ‘Pengoon’ distinguished from other Nemesias known to the inventor by their compact habit, upright flower spikes, leaves that are more oval in shape, and with thicker tissue.
When compared with the sport parent Nemesia ‘Pengoon’, ‘Pensky’ differs only in respect of the color of its flowers and flower parts. In overall appearance, ‘Pensky’ exhibits soft pale lavender blue flowers whereas ‘Pengoon’ exhibits mid blue flowers. Upon closer examination, the coloration of the palate of the flower of ‘Pensky’ is white with a dark blue margin, whereas the coloration of the palate of the flower of ‘Pengoon’ is red-purple.
‘Pensky’ was first asexually propagated by the inventor at the inventor's nursery in Netherwent, Wales, United Kingdom in 2000 by direct rooting of the single branch that had been observed. ‘Pensky’ has subsequently be asexually propagated, using tip and branch cuttings, and has been determined to reproduce true to type in successive generations.