Kanka-shibori

Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki; Itō, Ko’emon, 1879, Chinkashū: White, streaked and blotched pink. Large, peony form. For colour plates see: Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.198; Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.382, p.203, descrip., p.203; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.331, p.340; Shufu-no-Tomo-Sha, 1976, Tsubaki to Sazanka, p.29; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.39, description, p.208: Leaves elliptic to ovoid-oblong, apex long acuminate, margins finely serrulate; petioles copiously hairy. Flowers of peony form, white, sparsely striped with rose. (Spinel 0625/1) Flowers mid-season. Originated in Japan. “Kanka” is an abbreviation of “Kanka-en”, a Camellia Garden of the Edo period. Sport: Fuiri-kanka-shibori.

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