Id：ICR-4570
Country：Japan
Year Published/Registered：1972
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
AGM Type：
Scientific Name：Camellia vernalis 'Egao'
Species/Combination：C. vernalis
Chinese Name：笑颜茶梅
Japanese Name：笑顔 えがお
Meaning：Smiling Face
Synonym：
Xiaoyan Xiaoyan (Smiling Face),Gao & Zhuang, 1989, The Camellia in China, p.77, No.577. Chinese synonym for the Japanese C.x vernalis Egao
» English Description
Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.1, 1972, p.218, pl.555, description p.391: Deep pink, deeper pink in the lower half of the petals, semi-double, 9 cm across, 16-20 petals with a cylindrical, centre column of yellow stamens, filaments pale yellow. Blooms mid-season. Leaves oval, mid-green, medium size, acuminate, obscurely serrate. Originated at Kurume, Fuku’oka Prefecture, Japan. Resembles a C.japonica flower. This cultivar was imported by Nuccio’s Nurseries, Altadena, California from Tereda, Japan, about 1977. Ref: “The Enigma of ‘Egao’” by Bill Donnan, SCCS, 1987, The Camellia Review, vol.49, No.1, pp.23, 24. Orthographic error: ‘Eago’. Sports: Shibori-egao, Egao-kurenai. Chinese synonym: ‘Xiaoyan’. International Camellia Society, 2023. Splendid Sasanquas, an International Ornament, p.55.
» Chinese Description
徐碧玉. 2007��《茶梅》，第77页。原产日本福冈县，1972年公布。是日本庭院、公园应用较多的品种。花粉红色，雄蕊合生成筒状，花瓣圆形，16〜20枚，花径9-11厘米左右，半重瓣型，花期12月中旬至-4月上旬，着花量多，罕见结实；叶长椭圆形，大，先端锐尖,齿钝粗，叶缘外曲；树形开张，长势旺，分枝性强。
» Japanese Description
講談社 1975年 《現代椿集》 P.391 国立歴史民俗博物館. 2009. 《冬の華・サザンカ》. P.23.日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.305. 福岡產. [花]濃桃色、ときに白斑、八重、大輪、11～3月。[葉]狭長楕円、やや大形、先端が鋭く尖る。[樹]立性、強い、分枝性良い。[来歴]ハルサザン力。久留米産、花に白斑が入る系統を絞笑顔と呼び、葉にも黄斑が出る。写/箱田、文/久冨
Flower Form：Semi-double / Magnolia
Flower Colour：Single color Flower / Pink
Flower Size： 9-11 cm
Blooming Season： 12-4 Month Japan
Flower Fragrance：
Recommend Links: Egao、Egao (Asai)、Egao-kurenai、Grady's Egao、Iyo-egao、Seto-egao、Shibori-egao、Egao Corkscrew、Aka-egao、Asahi (vernalis)
