Description:
`Bettergreen' was derived from a single mutant plant discovered in a 1986 field planting of the cultivar Carolina Cream. `Carolina Cream' is a well-adapted, cream-type cultivar that was released by the USDA in 1982 [R. L. Fery and P. D. Dukes, HortScience 19:456-457 (1984)]. `Carolina Cream' was derived from the cross Ala. 963.8 x `Floricream'