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Augusta Wilson

Last Updated:2022/12/5 13:45:53 By:wangzhonglang
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Id:ICR-872

CountryUnited States

Year Published/Registered1938

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Augusta Wilson'

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Meaning

Synonym

Ashland Pink  Gerbing, G.G., 1945, Camellias, p.20. Synonym for Augusta Wilson.

Augusta Evans Wilson  Kiyono Catalogue,1940-1941. Synonym for Augusta Wilson.

Cabbage Head  Kiyono Nursery Catalogue, 1939-1940. Synonym for Augusta Wilson.

Mrs A.E. Wilson  Dodd Nursery Catalogue, 1943-1944. Synonym for Augusta Wilson.

Mrs Augusta Wilson  Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.5. Synonym for Augusta Wilson.

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Description

» English Description

Overlook Nursery Catalogue, 1938: "It is our great pleasure to have named this variety Augusta Wilson in memory of a famous writer of Mobile, Alabama. She was very fond of this variety and planted it in the garden of her home in Ashland Place, many years ago. The flower is very double and peony type, 9-10 cm in diameter. It is a soft pink, some flowers are marked with faint white spots. Leaves are large, thick and roundish, dark green, acuminate, coarsely serrate, 10 cm x 5 cm. Plant habit, upright and fast growing. Early bloom­ing. Synonyms: ‘Ashland Pink’, ‘St. Elmo’, ‘Cabbage Head’, ‘Augusta Evans Wilson’, ‘Mrs Augusta Wilson’, ‘Mrs A.E. Wilson’. See p.55, Hertrich, 1954, Camellias in the Huntington Gar­dens, vol.I for black and white photo and a colour plate, p.21 in Camellias by G.G. Gerbing.

Flower

Flower Size9-10 cm

Blooming Season10-1 Month United States

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