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Briar Rose

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Id:ICR-1902

CountryUnited States

Year Published/Registered1936

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia sasanqua 'Briar Rose'

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Synonym

Pink Briar  SCCS., 1947, The Camellia. Its Culture and Nomenclature. Synonym for Briar Rose.

Description

» English Description

Coolidge Rare Plant Gardens Catalogue, (ca.1936): Medium to large, deep pink to purplish pink, 7-8 cm across, with 7 rectangular petals, 3.5 cm long with notched apex and reflexed margins. Leaves, green, elliptic, 3.5-4.5 cm long by 2.5-3 cm wide, blunt apex, rounded base, faintly veined, shallowly serrate. Originated by Coolidge Rare Plant Gardens, East Pasadena, California, USA from seed of unknown parents imported from Japan in 1927. Synonym: ‘Pink Briar’.

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Blooming Season United States

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