Id:ICR-6661
Country:Japan
Year Published/Registered:1979
Cultivar Type:For Ornamental
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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Gyokuhai (Nagasaki)'
Species/Combination:C. japonica
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» English Description
Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.211; Inazawa Nurseries Co. Ltd Catalogue, 1986-1987, A-479, p.10: Very faint pink, medium size, single with overlapping petals. Yokayama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.68, colour photo and description: Single, white, campanulate blooms with cylindrical stamen column. Flowers early to midseason. Medium size, buds faint pink. Leaves long oval, prominent venation, petiole slightly hairy, margins sharply serrate. A wild “Yabu-tsubaki” from Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Discovered by Meitoku Ōishi in 1976, named by Zaiki Kajikawa.