Id：ICR-8288
Country：United Kingdom
Year Published/Registered：1954
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
AGM Type：RHS-AGM
Scientific Name：Camellia 'Inspiration'
Species/Combination：C. hybrid (C.reticulata f. simplex x C.saluenensis)
Chinese Name：启发
Japanese Name：インスピレ－ション いんすぴれ-しょん
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Synonym：
Linggan. (Inspiration) Gao & Zhuang, Apr.1989, The Camellia in China, p.72, No.525. Chinese synonym for the C.hybrid Inspiration.
Qifa Gao, Jiyin, 2007, The Identification....Outstanding Camellias, p.416; Chinese synonym for the England C.hybrid Inspiration.
» English Description
Anonymous, Mar.1954, Gardeners' Chromicle, ser.3, 135:124. Hillier, 1955, RHS., The Rhododendron and Camellia Yearbook, p.22, 85, black and white photo, fig.34: C.reticulata Wild Form x C.saluenensis. Award of Merit, 16th March, 1954. The leaves are 7.5 cm long x 1.8 cm wide, small and glossy, acute. The flower is 8.5 cm across, of about 20 petals, each slightly frilly around the margin and coloured phlox-pink. (HCC.,625/1) There are a variable number of stamens with an occasional petaloid. Originated at Exbury Gardens, England. Colour photo, front cover, New Zealand Camellia Bulletin, 1970, vol.VI, No.5. Chinese synonym: Linggan'. Colour photo between p.44-45, RHS., 1990, Rhododendrons with Camellias and Magnolias, No.42. Chinese synonym ‘Qifa’. This cultivar was awarded as an AGM (Award of Garden Merit) plant by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993 at H5 rate (hardy: cold winter; -15°C to -10°C).
» Chinese Description
» Japanese Description
文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P249. イギリス產. [花]ラベンダ－ピンク、弁脈顕著、小型の筒蕊をあらわす八重咲き、中輪、3月中旬～4月中旬。[葉]小さいア－モンド形、側脈、網脈が強く凹入し、トウツバキの葉を小さくしたようである。皮質。鋭利な鋸歯が目立つ。[樹]上伸性で枝葉もよく茂る。生長は早く良好である。典型的な雑種強性のタイプ。[来歴]野生のトウツバキXサルウインツバキの種間雑種。
Flower Form：Semi-double / Magnolia
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Flower Size： 8-10 cm
Blooming Season： United Kingdom
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