Hongse Changxiang

Hongse Changxiang (C. azalea × C.japonica  'Mary Agnes Patin'). LiuXinkai et al. 2023, Illustrations of the New Camellia Hybrids that BloomYear-round, Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House, p.43. HA-10-13.,a cross seedling (DDA-No.16) of C. azalea × C. japonica  'Mary Agnes Patin'. Flowers peach red to light red slightly with tangerinehue, some white blotches on the central small petals, anemone to peony form,large size, 11.0-12.5cm across and 5.5cm deep with 18 large petals arrangedtightly in 2 rows, central small petals clustered into a ball with the stamenstogether. Leaves dark green, heavy leathery, broad elliptic, margins sparsely andsharply serrate at the upper part. Plant compact, upright and growth vigorous.Starts to bloom from late-summer, fully blooms from autumn to winter andsporadically in spring. The cultivar name means “Red Imagination”.

红色畅想 Camellia ‘Hongse Changxiang’ 。刘信凯、钟乃盛、柯欢、武艳芳主编，2023，《第二部四季茶花杂交新品种彩色图集》，浙江科学技术出版社，第43页。 HA-10-13.杂交组合：杜鹃红山茶 x 红山茶品种‘达婷 ’，杂交苗编号：DDA-No.16。花朵桃红色至淡红色，略显橘红色调，花芯处小花瓣偶有白斑，托桂型至牡丹型，大型花，花径11.0-12.5cm，花朵厚5.5cm,外部大花瓣18枚，呈2轮紧实排列，花瓣阔倒卵形，中部外翻，大部分雄蕊瓣化，簇拥成团，间杂有金黄色雄蕊。叶片浓绿色，叶背面灰绿色，厚革质，阔椭圆形，长8.7-9.5cm，宽5.0-5.5cm，上部边缘具稀疏尖齿。植株紧凑，立性，生长旺盛。夏末始花，秋、冬季盛花，春季零星开花。