Kikuzuki

Shirai-Bunko, 1789, Shoshiki Hanagatachō: Early flowering, light red, with white spots, sake cup shape; Uesa, 1844, Sōmoku Benran: Single, red with white spots. Synonym: ‘Kata’onami’. It is possible that these ancient Kikuzuki were dif­ferent to the modern cultivar, but the descriptions are similar so they are listed here together. See colour photos: Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.107; Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.158, p.79, descrip., p.135; Andoh, 1971, Tsubaki, Meika no Shōkai, to Saibai, pl.18; Ency­clopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.31, p.48; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.146; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.41: A famous cultivar from the Kansai District, Japan. Leaves narrowly elliptic, round at base, acutate apex, impressed venation; petioles hairy. Flowers single, rose (Rose Madder 23/2), petals 5-6, incurved to cup-shaped, stamens short, anthers golden. Slightly fragrant. Chrysanthemum moon is the 9th lunar month and alludes to the early flowering of the cultivar. Different readings: ‘Kikutsuki’, ‘Kikugetsu’, ‘Kikudzuki’. Synonyms: ‘Akakikuzuki’, ‘Kata-onami’.

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