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Jizōhaku

Last Updated:2022/6/26 13:55:34 By:Sueo Takano
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Id:ICR-8848

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1998

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Jizōhaku'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:地蔵白 じぞうはく

Meaning:White camellia of Guardian of children

Description

» English Description

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.120 with colour photo; English translation p.81. Small, white, tubular single, cylindrical stamen column. Flowers early to mid-season. Leaves narrowly elliptic, medium size, margins curved outwards. Upright growth. Considered to be a seedling of a white wild japonica at a private family in Mure Town. Discovered and released by Katsuomi Inoue. From Kagawa Prefecture.

» Japanese Description

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.120. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》 p.15. 香川. []白、筒咲き、一重、筒しべ、、小輪、12~3月。[]長楕円、中形、葉縁でやや外曲 []立性 [来歴]高松市牟礼町の白ヤブツバキの自然実生らしい、1997年に井上克臣の発見・発表 写/地下、文/今雪史


Flower

Flower Size6-8 cm

Blooming Season Japan

Photos