Juraku

Adachi. 1960, Camellia. Its Appreciation and Artistic Arrangement, p.89, colour photo. See also colour photos and descriptions: Tuyama, 1966, Camel­lia Cultivars of Japan, p.328, pl.188; Andoh, 1971, Tsubaki, Meika no Shōkai to Saibai, pl.13, p.5; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.143, p.83; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.274. Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.80, colour photo, p.224: Leaves ovate to ovate-elliptic, deep green, strongly wavy, coarsely serrate, petioles more or less hairy. Flowers large size, pale pink, 6-7 petals margined rosy pink, widely opened, lobulated and undulate. Late flowering. Raised from seed by S. Katayama, Juraka-en, Ikedu-shi, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan. See Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.340. Sport: Juraku-benifukurin. The name “Juraku” means "to collect everlasting pleasures" and is derived from "Juraku-en", S. Katayama's Nursery.

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