Ichike-renge-murasaki

Latest Illustrated Book of Japanese Camellias, (Camellias of Japan), 2010, p.111 with colour photo; Purplish red, large semi-double, lotus form. Slender, tubular stamen column. Late flowering. Leaves narrowly elliptic, medium size, smooth surface, deep green. Fast, upright growth. Branches weep, due to the weight of flowers. A chance seedling from a garden in Kyoto, Japan, considered to be a natural cross between Moshio and Yuri-tsubaki.