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Chinshū-nishiki

Last Updated:2022/8/3 15:07:00 By:Sueo Takano
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Id:ICR-2682

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1979

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Chinshū-nishiki'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:珍秀錦 ちんしゆうにしき

Meaning:Chinshū Brocade

Description

» English Description

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.231: Large and small white variegation on a deep red ground, campanulate single; pinched yellow stamens, small. Late blooming. Leaves, small, long-elliptic, acuminate apex, recurved, finely serrate. Plant habit spreading and variable. This flower resembles Kochō-wabisuke. Origi­nated in Kurume-shi, Fuku’oka Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Tadashi Hisatomi in 1960. See Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.240, 241.

» Japanese Description

淡交社.1989. 《日本の椿花》..241   誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.168.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.135. 福岡產. [花]濃紅色に白斑が入る、一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、小輪、3~4月。[葉]長楕円、小形。[樹]やや横張り性。[来歴]久留米市内の民家の栽培種、1960年に久冨正の命名.発表。写/桐野、文/久富

Flower

Flower Size6-8 cm

Blooming Season Japan

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