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Jarvis Red

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Id:ICR-8623

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1933

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Jarvis Red'

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Bickley's Red  Rubel, 1940-1941, Floral Gems from China, Catalogue No.79, p.23. Synonym for Jarvis Red.

Braun's  Rubel, 1940-1941, Floral Gems from China Catalogue No.70. Abbreviation for ‘Braun’s Red’, a synonym for Jarvis Red.

Braun's Red  Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.1. Synonym for Jarvis Red.

Brickley's Red  Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.1. Synonym for Jarvis Red.

Crowley's  Rubel, 1940-1941, Floral Genus from China, Catalogue No.79, p.23. Synonym for Jarvis Red.

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Description

» English Description

Kiyono Catalogue, 1933, p.8, with black and white illustration: Large semi­double flower with long, crinkled petals. Dark, vermilion colour. Henry A. Dreer, Nursery Cat­alogue,1935, p.105: Semi-double blooms of deep, blood red with golden stamens. Fendig, 1949, American Camellia Catalogue with colour plate: Large, vivid, dark red semi-double. Yellow sta­mens show among petaloids. 8-10.5 cm across with about 16 petals. Calyx deeply cupped. Leaves glossy, dark green, serrate, acuminate apex, 8-10 cm long x 4-5 cm wide. Plant habit, vigorous, rapid in rate, hardy. Imported from Japan by T. Kiyono, 1911. The original, unnamed bush was planted on the Jarvis property, Semmes, Alabama and thus acquired its name. A var­iegated form is known as Fantasia.

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