Hanamiguruma (Kantō)

Yashiro, Kōken, 1841, Kokon Yōrankō; Itō, Ko’emon, 1879, Chinkashū: Pink spotted deeper pink, medium single. First listing in English -Tokio Nurseries Catalogue, 1896, p.13. For colour photos and descriptions see: Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.173, p.300; Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.332, p.168, descrip­tiom, p.198 as ‘Hanamiguruma’-Tokyō; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.115, p.74; Leaves elliptic to broad-elliptic, margins depressed crenate-serrate, petioles glabrous. Flowers medium sized, single, widely opened, pale pink (Camellia rose 622/3), densely long and shortly striped with red in various degrees of shading. Late flowering. Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki lists Hanamiguruma as one of three spouses with Yukimiguruma and Beniguruma, while Itō Ko’emon, 1979 lists it with Yukimiguruma and Tsukimi-guruma. Synonym: ‘Hanamiguruma’-Tokyō. Originated in Japan.

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