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Higo-mine-no-yuki

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CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1912

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia 'Higo-mine-no-yuki'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:肥後峰の雪 ひごみねのゆき

Meaning

Description

» English Description

Taniguchi, 1912, Chinka Kyōkan as ‘Mine-no-­yuki’: Pink, some light spots appear, with deeper pink spots and stripes, margined white, 10 cm across, 7-9 petals, 120 light pink stamens. See Hiratsuka, 1964, Higo Camellia, pp.38, 14 (English); Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.125, description, p.241. As the name ‘Mine-no-yuki’ has been used for earlier cultivars of C.japonica and C.sasanqua, for the Higo camellia the name has been prefixed with “Higo” to distinguish the cultivar. Thus Higo-mine-no-yuki is accepted as the valid name. Originated in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

» Japanese Description

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.211. 【花】桃地に濃紅の縦絞り、白い深 覆輪の一重、平開咲き、花糸淡紅、輪 芯、中輪、12〜3月。【葉】長楕円、 中形。【樹】横張り性。【来歴】191 2年(明45)の肥後銘鑑には名花 の一つとして記載がある。写•文/大薮


Flower

Flower Size8-10 cm

Blooming Season Japan

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